Jenny Q Chai

An essay by Jenny Q Chai. Who are we without names? Are we still who we are without names? If yes, then why do we need names? Are names categorizations, or mere symbols of our real selves? Of course, we need names for identification. Like in a library, the books labeled with numbers then become [...]

On Thursday, May 9, Jenny Q Chai will perform an altered version of her program Acqua Alta at Baltimore’s premiere classical/experimental music venue An Die Musik. The program will include Annie Gosfield’s dynamic work Brooklyn, October 5, 2941,  which memorializes Mickey Owens’s famous blunder that granted the Yankees victory in the 1941 World Series (and blemished his own epic career from that moment [...]

Jenny will perform a concert entitled Acqua Alta (High Water), at New York City’s Spectrum on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 8pm. Spectrum is located at 121 Ludlow St., New York City. Admission is $15 general / $10 students & seniors. Acqua Alta (High Water) will be the anchor of a month-long programming focus on [...]

I asked composer Marco Stroppa to comment on this picture by photographer Richard Warren and here’s what he said: “It’s hard to express something precisely, since it creates a sort of dreamy, unreal atmosphere. It looks as though you’re on the verge to fly to an unknown destination. It’s not clear, though, whether the doves [...]

New photo added today! About this pic, composer Nils Vigeland says: “This has many metaphors! Artist as elegance…as fencer…as boxer”

Dear Music Lovers, It is heartwarming to realize how lucky we are as musicians to be able to be touch others through the power of music. In the holiday season, after my trip from NYC, full of wonder and beauty, I am ever clearer in my realization how fortunate I am to be granted the [...]

In a groundbreaking performance mixing academics with theater, Jenny Q Chai, wearing a doctor’s lab coat, will “dissect Stroppa” and in particular, his recent work, “Innige Cavatina” from the collection Miniature Estrose. Chai met the composer Marco Stroppa in Darmstadt, Germany five years ago, and she was immediately enthralled by his music. The two kept in [...]

George Grella spins a Jenny Q tune on his blog, THE SMALLER CITY:

Following her recent, critically acclaimed New York Carnegie Hall debut, pianist Jenny Q Chai has been selected to appear at New York’s Le Poisson Rouge. The concert will take place on Sunday, November 4 at 7:30pm (doors at 6:30pm). Ms. Chai will perform works by Satie, Schoenberg, Stockhausen, Scarlatti, Stroppa, and more. Le Poisson Rouge is located at 158 [...]

Pianist Jenny Q Chai has been selected to appear on Chicago’s esteemed Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, held at the Chicago Cultural Center’s Preston Bradley Hall. The concert, which is free and open to the public, will take place on Wednesday, August 8 at 12:15pm. Ms. Chai will perform Gyorgy Kurtág’s Les adieux, as [...]