Embodied Echoes: A Piano Recital by Tianyu Deng

Thursday, April 23, 2026

6:30 - 8:00PM

Many artists migrate across geographies, and their practices ultimately negotiate a space between movement and settlement. This concert explores migration and absorption—being influenced and, in turn, inspiring.

The program opens with Interludium A by Isang Yun and Sequenzen by Unsuk Chin, two Korean composers who established their artistic lives in Germany, drawing connections to the Italian composer Luciano Berio’s Sequenza.

Selections from Miroirs by Maurice Ravel, alongside Elliot Teo’s new work Cross Exam, engage with the visual world and the act of seeing, drawing connections between sound and image.

Finally, Ahmed Alom’s Displaced Études and Zhou Long’s Dunhuang Fantasy offer deeply personal reflections, paying homage to Cuban rhythms and ancient Chinese frescoes, respectively, while transforming cultural memory through distance.

Program:

Isang YunInterludium A (1982) 13 min  

Unsuk ChinSequenzen from Piano Etudes No.2 (1996, revised 2003) 3 min  

Luciano BerioSequenza IV (1965) 11 min
(Intermission)
Maurice Ravel          Selections from Miroirs (1904-05) 14 min

                                    III. Une barque sur l'océan

                                    IV. Alborada del gracioso

Ahmed AlomDisplaced Etudes No.1 (2024) 3 min

Elliot TeoCross Exam for solo piano (2026) 7 min

Zhou LongDunhuang Fantasy (2017) 13 min