Closing Evening – Concert by Jenny Q Chai _ WYVE
- Reviews
- May 18, 2020
88 Menilmontant
As part of PLAY ME, I’M YOURS 2017
On the occasion of the last Play Me concert, I’m Yours 2017, we invite you to 88 Ménilmontant, the new ephemeral place of La Bellevilloise to celebrate the end of this 6 th edition. On the program, Jenny Q Chai & WYVE!
Jenny Q Chai :
Pianist Jenny Q Chai is a performer renowned for highlighting the relationships between music from different eras. With her zest for life and her intense energy, she creates multimedia programs and performances that explore science, nature, fashion and the arts by mixing them with music. As the New York Times pointed out: “Jenny Q Chai, who was the student of Pierre-Laurent Aimard, pursues a most eclectic path”.
Combining a spontaneous understanding of new music with a deep knowledge of the classical repertoire, Jenny has a particular affinity for Schumann, Scarlatti, Beethoven, Bach, Debussy and Ravel and is a popular interpreter of works by masters of the 20th century such as Cage, Messiaen and Ligeti. Over the course of her career, she has developed solid relationships with a number of renowned contemporary composers, including Marco Stroppa, Jaroslaw Kapuściński and György Kurtág.
Among the important moments of his career we must mention, among many others, his debut at Carnegie Hall in 2012, numerous concerts at Poisson Rouge, including a program using Antescofo, Where is Chopin? ; conferences and recitals at the Symphony Hall in Shanghai; his participation in the program of the Leo Brouwer Festival in Havana …
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