Date: 18 Nov 2026 - 18 Nov 2026
Picture Credit: Ashley Chui
This is an event associated with the exhibition 3,000 Years of Chinese Writing.
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Date: 18 November 2026 (Wednesday)
Admission: 5:45–6:00 p.m.
Concert: 6:00–7:00pm
Venue: Drake Gallery, 1/F Fung Ping Shan Building, UMAG, HKU, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Language: English
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Encounters: A Pilgrimage through Ink and Sound
Inspired by Tan Dun’s Eight Memories in Watercolour, this recital follows an imagined pilgrimage in search of a missing moon. It begins in a Bronze Age ritual of worship (Sunrain), where music, dance, and calligraphy form part of elaborate ceremonies honouring ancestors and heaven. The royal court knows only order, splendour, and celebration (Haydn’s Sonata). Yet amid this world of ceremony, the moon disappears (Missing Moon), and with it fade companionship and the warmth of home.
The journey wanders through theatres and villages, love and solitude, storms and wilderness. It encounters lovers, children, and, at last, a mysterious Blue Nun. As incense and prayers rise, the moon shines as it always has.
Performer:
Charlotte Tang
Charlotte Tang is a Toronto-based pianist/fortepianist. Her work explores the dialogue between past and present through the juxtaposition of historical and modern pianos. A laureate of the 2024 Musica Antiqua Competition in Bruges and a 2025 Emerging Artist of Early Music America, Charlotte has been praised by La Libre Belgique as an “expressive, fine chamber musician.” She has performed across North America and Europe at venues and festivals including Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, the Banff Centre, Saxon Shore Early Music Festival, WQXR, and WFIU.