The 51st HK Arts Festival
2021.02.24
Piano in Darkness and Light
Modern music is fleeting and dazzling, like a kaleidoscope. However, as traditional concepts of pitch, harmony and structure are smashed and cast aside, a looming gap emerges between creativity and aesthetics. As a pianist and piano educator, Yu Xiangjun is committed to harnessing visual effects made possible by new media technologies and turning them into a unique musical medium. Nirvana – Yu Xiangjun Piano-Hypermedia Concert, the recital series she presented in Shanghai in 2019 and 2020, revitalised piano pieces by Chinese and Western composers from different eras by giving them a new lease of life in a visual feast of light and shadow.
This aesthetic dialogue transcends styles, media, eras and artistic fields, and is presented for the first time in Hong Kong at the Festival. Local audiences are certain to find irresistible this combination of stunning visuals and haunting piano.