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Sterne Virtuoso Series: Min Kwon 'America/Beautiful'
STERNE VIRTUOSO SERIES: MIN KWON
FRI, OCTOBER 4 at 7:00PM
Korean-born American pianist and arts advocate Min Kwon will perform works from her ambitious project, America/Beautiful, which has commissioned over 70 leading American composers to each craft a variation on the song “America the Beautiful.” Kwon's hope is to paint a sonic picture of her adopted country in all of its sprawling complexity, and ultimately try to find the beauty at the core of the American experiment and its guiding principle, e pluribus unum (out of many, one).
“As an immigrant, America has so many different meanings to me. These past few years have left us so deeply divided, and I have often asked myself what kind of a country I will be leaving to my two daughters - whose birthdays happen to fall on President's Day and the Fourth of July.
Ultimately this project is about embracing our diversity, and remembering that by understanding, appreciating, and celebrating our differences, we become stronger both as individuals and as a country. The fact that 70 composers can hear the same song in a completely different way is, to me, something truly beautiful." – Min Kwon
Presented by the Department of Music and made possible by the Sterne Fund.
This event is free and open to the public.
No ticket required.
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Website: https://go.evvnt.com/2612822-0
