© Clara Evens
Interlude: Spectacle
Friday, May 15, 2026 at 07:00 PM
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Description
This program celebrates the artistic voices of pioneering women composers alongside a special conversation with fashion designer Jenny Lai, who will explore the suffragist movement and its profound influence on women’s fashion—how clothing became a vital form of political expression and empowerment during the fight for women’s rights.
The musical journey features Amy Beach’s Romance for Violin & Piano, Op. 23 and her late Piano Trio, Op. 150, both showcasing her rich Romantic style and groundbreaking role as one of America’s first successful female composers. Theresa Wong’s She Dances Naked under Palm Trees offers a contemporary, evocative solo piano work that challenges traditional boundaries. Lili Boulanger’s d’un soir triste for piano trio, composed in 1918, reflects deep emotional nuance and the brilliance of a young composer whose life was tragically short.
Program
Amy Beach: Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23 ~6'
Theresa Wong: She Dances Naked under Palm Trees for piano solo ~8'
Lili Boulanger: D’un soir triste for piano trio (1918) ~10'
Amy Beach: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 150 (1938) ~15'
Artists
© Sander Stuart
Tonhain Kollektiv
Tonhain Kollektiv e.V. is a group of young, dynamic musicians who strive to reinvent the chamber music scene in Berlin.
With their permanent residency at Tonhain, an intimate new concert hall in Steglitz, and their unique collective leadership structure, they aim to create an innovative center for chamber music that features Berlin-based musicians of the younger generations. In their roles as performer-organizers, they seek to build connections between their craft and a wide range of other fields. Through interdisciplinary concert formats, programming works relevant to contemporary society, and making use of the tools of the digital age while maintaining the highest artistic quality, Tonhain Kollektiv seeks to reach a younger and broader audience than the typical chamber music concert.
They invite their audience to join them in exploring the many roles the arts play in society, the interconnections between music and other fields, and the unique opportunities and challenges musicians face in the 21st century.
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