Issue and Opponent: In November 2013, thousands of people, mainly students, gathered in Kyiv, Ukraine, to protest against then-President Viktor Yanukovich‘s decision to withdraw from a potential EU trade agreement in exchange for closer ties with Russia. Clashes between protestors and police persisted since December and, during late January and early February 2014 the opposition began to play music in front of riot police. Dilemma Action: On February 10th, 2014, a coalition of artists set up a piano on top of the barricades on Grushevsky Street in central Kyiv. With protestors and police on opposite sides of the barricades, pianists braved the tension in the air to play classic songs by artists like Chopin, The Beetles, and other classical musicians. In opposition, police set up loudspeakers on their side of the barricade and turned on Russian pop music. The pianos were painted yellow and blue, the same colors as the Ukrainian flag. Similar concerts were organized across nine other Ukrainian cities. Outcome: Ultimately, the piano became a symbol of peaceful resistance across Ukraine. In Donetsk, the initiators of the action were openly threatened, and in Luhansk, the authorities even broke the instrument.