5 stories of spirits. 5 episodes of unrequited love. Piano Solo Storytelling Spirits combines elements of piano solo, monologues, poems, light and shadow to re-enact the stories of spirits and love in classical music.
Spirits is adapted from Before the Sunrise (2019) performed in Taiwan by Sylvia Chang - a renowned playwright/ director/ actress, Yen Chun-Chieh - a young pianist who won the Taiwan Golden Melody Award for Best Classical Performance, and Chiao Yuan-Pu - a classical music critic. In Hong Kong's theatre space, with a revised stage design by cross-disciplinary multimedia theatre creator Mathias Woo, while Chang as the narrator mesmerizes the audience with her theatrical voice in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Yen's piano performance will be live-streamed from Taiwan, revealing to the audience the desire and fervor for love and spirits embodied by the music.
As the audience listens to Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saëns and Ravel, a dialogue between music and poetry opens before them. Be ready to experience a "literary and music programme about music and spirits".
Programme
Spirits is adapted from Before the Sunrise (2019) performed in Taiwan by Sylvia Chang - a renowned playwright/ director/ actress, Yen Chun-Chieh - a young pianist who won the Taiwan Golden Melody Award for Best Classical Performance, and Chiao Yuan-Pu - a classical music critic. In Hong Kong's theatre space, with a revised stage design by cross-disciplinary multimedia theatre creator Mathias Woo, while Chang as the narrator mesmerizes the audience with her theatrical voice in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Yen's piano performance will be live-streamed from Taiwan, revealing to the audience the desire and fervor for love and spirits embodied by the music.
As the audience listens to Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saëns and Ravel, a dialogue between music and poetry opens before them. Be ready to experience a "literary and music programme about music and spirits".
Sylvia Chang
"After performing 'Lenore', I am in love with sound performances in recital style."
"After performing 'Lenore', I am in love with sound performances in recital style."
Yen Chun-Chieh
"Pop singer's concerts have glamorous stage effects;
piano concerts can also jump out-of-the-box to be presented in a spectacular way."
"Pop singer's concerts have glamorous stage effects;
piano concerts can also jump out-of-the-box to be presented in a spectacular way."
Chiao Yuan-Pu
"In fact, art is about interconnectivity.
If you consider music and literature as separate entities, you have missed the point."
Mathias Woo
"I am always interested in non-narrative media, such as sounds and visuals, In 'Spirits', what we want to experiment is how to bring out poetic sentiments. Together with such a magical voice, music team, and the newly designed visuals, I look forward to the new and exciting sparks we create."
"In fact, art is about interconnectivity.
If you consider music and literature as separate entities, you have missed the point."
Mathias Woo
"I am always interested in non-narrative media, such as sounds and visuals, In 'Spirits', what we want to experiment is how to bring out poetic sentiments. Together with such a magical voice, music team, and the newly designed visuals, I look forward to the new and exciting sparks we create."
Felix Mendelssohn / Sergei Rachmaninoff: Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, incidental music, Op. 61
Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit, trois poèmes pour piano d’après Aloysius Bertrand
Charles Camille Saint-Saëns/ Franz Liszt/ Vladimir Horowitz: Danse Macabre, Op. 40 / S. 555
Franz Liszt: Tre sonetti del Petrarca from Années de pèlerinage-Deuxième année: Italie
Franz Liszt: Lenore
Creative Team
Storyteller: Sylvia Chang
Pianist: Yen Chun-Chieh
Director & Design: Mathias Woo
Poem Translation: Chiao Yuan-Pu
Storyteller: Sylvia Chang
Pianist: Yen Chun-Chieh
Director & Design: Mathias Woo
Poem Translation: Chiao Yuan-Pu
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Co-organizer
Taiwan Live Streaming, Venue & Piano Support
Venue Support
Partner
Academic Support
Taiwan Live Streaming, Venue & Piano Support
Venue Support
Partner
Academic Support
Terms and Conditions
Running time approximately 110 minutes with 15 minutes intermission
Performed in Mandarin with Chinese & English surtitles
Audience might be required to swap seats according to the newest pandemic prevention requirements
No latecomers will be admitted, until a suitable break in the performance.
Zuni Icosahedron reserves the right to add, withdraw or substitute artists and/ or vary advertised programmes and seating arrangements.
