Check out this listing from The New Yorker for my Spectrum concert! For some musicians, every note has its own hue. Others find that certain phrases taste bitter, or feel rough. For Jenny Q Chai, a pianist whose dazzling facility is matched by her deep musicality, some pieces explode with “strong colors and light,” phenomena that she learned to re-create …
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On Saturday, July 28, 2018 at 8:00pm, Spectrum presents contemporary Chinese-American pianist Jenny Q Chai in Sonorous Brushes, a multi-sensory program employing Chai’s unique form of synesthesia. The program explores repertoire that lives at the intersection of color and sound, exploring this meeting of the senses through important works of the colorful Impressionistic era paired with new works created using …
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Just as painters and visual artists employ the vast range of colors in the chromatic spectrum, composers and performers use the endless sonic spectrum to create and evoke musical worlds. As a pianist and an amateur painter, I have discovered a personal form of synesthesia – a melding of senses – in regards to how I experience music. This quasi-impressionistic and expressionistic program …
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Hello people! I am soooooo excited to tell you that my new album (S)yn(e)th(e)te is coming out! The official release is on Oct.1. But you can already preorder it here! YES! PREORDER IT! Thank you thank you 🙂 I also want to let you know that I’ll be doing a Facebook Live in two days! That is, this Thursday, 10AM …
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This Saturday night: a brand spankin’ new show with internationally known contemporary pianist, Jenny Q Chai. Find out what she has in common with Janet Jackson during our all-new episode, which also features our annual list of Maine personalities who have “Never Won an EMMY.” Statewide – Saturday night! 7:30 p.m. on WGME CBS 13 News, Portland 11:30 p.m. …
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Happy New Year 2017! Happy New Year 2017! Just a quick wrap up of my 2016 and some news looking ahead. In 2016, I am especially excited to have toured with my NASA climate change program Acqa Alta with NASA scientist Ian Fenty. I had written an article on the amazing music critic Steve Smith’s Log Journal about the program. …
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Jenny Q Chai,pianoAqua Alta (High Water) at LPRSunday, November 6th, 2016 8:00PM Acqua Alta (High Water) is a program which focuses on global warming and its effects on the Earth’s oceans, with NASA data visualisations and digital paintings. Dear friends and colleagues, It’s my great pleasure to be returning to NYC’s one and only le Poisson Rouge, a place so …
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It’s time to share… My dear friends, It’s my pleasure to share with you the recent activities of my last tour, from Europe to U.S. The whole experience has been enriching and marvelous. The highlight being the performance of the double piano concerto with the dynamic Polish pianist Adam Kosmieja, with NOSPR orchestra conducted by the charismatic conductor Alexander Liebreich, …
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