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They’re at it again. Austin’s busiest indie alt classical musicians Peter Stopschinski and Graham Reynolds are going to battle it over the ivories this Sunday at a piano-playing showdown — at a real piano bar no less.

During ‘Steinway to Hell,’ Reynolds and Stopschinski will swap original compositions, play some classics together and separately and throw in a free wheeling pop cover or two, with a few stories along the way.

And throw it down.

Austin indie classical luminaries Golden Hornet Project -- led by Graham Reynolds and Peter Stopschinski -- present their Symphony VI, a project years in the making and their largest yet.

A thirty piece string orchestra conducted by Ludek Drizhal will perform two world premieres and a Texas premiere on February 6 at the Austin Ventures Studio Theater.

Graham Reynolds and Peter Stopschinski — perhaps Austin’s busiest musicians and certainly some of the most prolific artists of any discipline in town — will premiere the sixth symphonies together on Feb. 6.

The duo’s Golden Hornet Project will premiere Reynolds’ ‘The Difference Engine’ and Stopschinski’s ‘Rough Night with Happy Ending.’

Pictured: Brownout!

Photo by Tammy Perez FOR AMERICAN-STATESMAN

FRIDAY

Manikin at Red 7. One of the most surefire post-punkish bands in Austin.

A little garage rock, a little early Cure, a surf lick here and there, a random trumpet bit here and there.

Excellent! 9 p.m. Free.