Update: summer 2021 in Europe~! Italy, Germany, Belgium, France...

Written By Tong Wang

It’s already July … Happy Canada Day! Skye is now fully vaccinated and ready for the summer adventures ahead! :’)

Dresden, Germany, 2014.

Dresden, Germany, 2014.

Just finished the first draft of the libretto for Labyrinth of Tears, and there is still so much work and learning to do from here, but I am also super super excited to get back to live performances! Several postponed and new opportunities lined up wonderfully for a packed summer tour in Europe! It’s been a while since my last adventures there, can’t wait to travel and explore the world again… <3

  • 7/19 - 8/1
    Lucca, Italy: Virtuoso & Belcanto Festival

  • 8/2 - 8/16
    Kirchberg an der Jagst, Germany: International Music Workshop and Festival

  • 8/22 - 8/28
    Ghent, Belgium: Orpheus Instituut’s Historical Piano Summer Academy “Declassifying Beethoven”

  • 9/9 - 9/12
    Belfort, France: Le Festival International de Musiques Universitaires with Duo Incarnadine (reunion with partner in crime Leah Plave!)

And last but not least, hoping to follow all this wonderful music making with some epic hiking in the Swiss Alps!! Be ready for the return of @skye.pianist’s derpy travel adventure posts and @skye.travelandeats food spam pics … x’)

More details soon~ stay safe and have a wonderful summer everyone! <3

xoxo,

azntinkerbell

Tong Wang

Tong Wang is a Canadian artist leading innovative initiatives across areas of performance, research, and community engagement. Her projects explore the role of art in relation to identity, culture, and current social-political issues. As a soloist and chamber musician, Tong has performed with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Red Deer Symphony Orchestra, and ensembles across North America and Europe. As a multidisciplinary artist, she has written the libretto of a new opera, “Labyrinth of Tears”, funded by the Canada Council, FRQSC, and SSHRC, participated in the Napoule Arts Foundation Residency in France, and published an award-winning photo-essay in the literary magazine Carte Blanche. Her other projects include the creative performances “Song of Praise”, “Ghiblilane”, “Once Upon a Pumpkin”, and research on the aesthetic of “cuteness” in popular and classical music. Tong recently toured a recital on multiculturalism, “我们Us” in Lunenburg, Montreal, Basel, and presented the interactive concerts “We’re Not Really Strangers” and “My Neighbours Totoro and Claude!” at the Verbier Festival. In 2022, Tong launched the Windwood Music Festival in Airdrie, Alberta to engage with and support rural farming communities through classical chamber music. In 2023, Tong will be touring with Duo Perdendosi across eastern US & Canada, as well as with Duo Incarnadine in Turkey and China to premiere a new commission by Alice Ho, Four Impressions of China. Using diverse mediums, Tong aims to share the power of art to reach across time, languages, borders, and cultures to connect people and kindle a shared understanding.

https://tong-wang.com
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