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PORTLAND, ORE (June 30, 2025) — Salt & Straw is thrilled to announce a magical new collaboration with pianist and outdoor concert visionary Hunter Noack, debuting a one-of-a-kind ice cream flavor inspired by Scriabin’s Nocturne and created exclusively for IN A LANDSCAPE: Classical Music in the Wild’s upcoming performances in Portland’s International Rose Garden Amphitheater on July 13.
The custom flavor—Black Pepper Honey Lavender with Red Wine Huckleberry Curd and Blood Orange Zest Sprinkles—was imagined by Salt & Straw co-founder Tyler Malek, drawing on Scriabin’s synesthetic color theory, in which musical notes evoke vivid hues. The resulting flavor is layered, romantic, and expressive: think dusky lavender and honey warmed with black pepper, swirled with a lush red wine and wild huckleberry curd, and topped with vibrant housemade sprinkles zested with blood orange.
“Scriabin’s Nocturne is a darkly beautiful, winding piece—and we wanted the ice cream to feel like a flavor you wander into, just like the music,” says Malek. “There’s tension, bloom, warmth, and surprise. It’s something that plays on the senses from every angle.”
“Scriabin believed integration of music with other senses like colored light, taste, and texture could create a powerful psychological resonator for the listener,” said Noack. "To watch Tyler translate the sounds and corresponding colors of Scriabin’s beloved piece Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9, into a dynamic ice cream flavor has been a surreal joy."
Attendees of IN A LANDSCAPE will be among the first to taste the limited-edition creation. The ice cream will be served just as Noack performs Nocturne, roughly 30 minutes into his set, perfectly timed with the music’s emotional peak.
Each pint will feature original label artwork by Hunter Noack—an abstract watercolor composition that mirrors the colors Scriabin mapped to the musical scale, inviting guests to experience music, color, and flavor in a deeply immersive way.
Event Details:
What: IN A LANDSCAPE with Hunter Noack – Custom Ice Cream Debut by Salt & Straw
When: July 13, 2025
Where: International Rose Garden Amphitheater, Portland, OR
Tickets: https://inalandscape.org/events/
Follow @saltandstraw and @inalandscape on Instagram for updates.
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About Salt & Straw Ice Cream:
Co-founded by cousins Kim and Tyler Malek, Salt & Straw is a Portland-based, family-run company making award-winning ice cream that tells the story of artisans, farmers and meaningful food moments. Co-founder and ice cream maker Tyler Malek creates a menu of classic flavors, alongside monthly rotating menus that reflect culinary trends, seasonality of ingredients and relevant cultural moments. From their humble beginnings as a single ice cream cart, Salt & Straw now has three scoop shops in Portland, as well as locations in Lake Oswego, Eugene, Beaverton, Bridgeport Village, and Vancouver; plus three scoop shops in the Seattle area, including Ballard, Capitol Hill and Totem Lake with new locations in Queen Anne, Redmond and Pike Place set to open in 2025. Salt & Straw maintains their commitment to craft and artisanship with all flavors being made in their kitchen headquarters in Portland, Oregon. Pint packs are available for online purchase, and can be shipped nationwide as well as through the Salt & Straw Pints Club. For more information, visit www.saltandstraw.com or on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
About IN A LANDSCAPE:
Founded by Noack in 2016 with a mission to remove barriers to live classical music and foster a deeper connection to the natural world, IN A LANDSCAPE has presented over 300 concerts featuring 110 guest artists to 75,000 attendees, many of whom had never attended a classical music event before. By partnering with national and state parks, land trusts, conservancies, historical societies, Native American reservations, and schools, the series brings music to rural communities where such opportunities are often scarce. In alignment with its nonprofit mission to make concerts accessible to all, IN A LANDSCAPE subsidizes ticket pricing at 95% of its concerts and distributes over $100,000 in free tickets annually through its Good Neighbor Program.
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