Classical pianist performs under the stars in dark sky concert series rain or shine

A nine-foot Steinway grand piano isn’t probably what most think of when it comes to a weather-hardy musical instrument, but Hunter Noack’s piano plays in negative 2 and in 100-degree temperatures, at the top of mountains and under a dark, stormy sky.

"Every time the piano fires right up and delivers," Noack said.

Noack, an Oregon native and classical pianist, has played hundreds of concerts throughout his "In A Landscape" series at beautiful state and local parks, lumberyards, timberlands and private estates across the West , but his upcoming shows will be performed without light pollution, and the featured landscape will be the night sky.

"In a Landscape Dark Sky" concerts are happening in September in Sunriver, Oregon, an International Dark Sky Place , and Summer Lake Hot Springs, an