Award-winning Vietnamese American pianist Quynh Nguyen’s (pron. Quin Nwen) will perform the US premiere of Paul Chihara’s Concerto-Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra on January 28 at 4pm at Benaroya Hall with the Seattle Symphony.
She produced concerts, helped musicians find work and started a women’s jazz festival. “Jazz in New York would not have been the same without Cobi,” one musician said.
Our art series demystifies the artworks we love or love to hate. This time, we tackle a pioneering piece that went on to define feminist performance art.
From an exhibition at the Japan Society, Yoko Ono performing “Cut Piece” at Carnegie Recital Hall, New York City, March 1965, in which audience members were…