
UC Berkeley Presents a Multi-sensory Concert by Jenny Q Chai
- News
- March 2, 2019
Saturday, March 9, 2019, 8:00pm, CNMAT UC Berkeley presents contemporary classical pianist Jenny Q Chai, described as “dynamic and unconventional” by the New York Times in a thrilling program combining AI with music and visuals, recommended by the New Yorker

Video excerpt from Side Effects, Kacper Kowalski (Video), Jaroslaw Kapuscinski (Music), Jenny Q Chai (Piano)
Sonorous Brushes
Claude Debussy, Etude, Pour les huit doigts
Debussy, Etude, Pour les quartes
Debussy, Prelude Book 2 No.11, Les tierces alternées
Debussy, Prelude Book 2 No.11, Feux d’artifice
Frédéric Durieux, Pour tous ceux qui tombent – Hommage à RAVEL
Maurice Ravel, Oiseux tristes
Messiaen, Cantéyodjayâ
Jaroslaw Kapuscinski, Calligraphies for Ziqi (world premiere)
Kapuscinski, Side Effects
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 presents repertoire which truly lives at the intersection of color and sound, exploring this meeting of the senses. While practicing and preparing each piece of music, I seek to translate my mental imagery into the real world, both through my musical performance and on the canvas. In order to fully realize this program, I completed a six-month residency at Cité des Arts in Paris, where I worked simultaneously on the musical performance and the paintings of the scores.
Excerpt from Side Effects, Kacper Kowalski (Video), Jaroslaw Kapuscinski (Music), Jenny Q Chai (Piano)
World Premier at Wigmore Hall, Audiovisual AI piano work, Calligraphies for Ziqi, Jarosław Kapuscinski composition, Jenny Q Chai piano
