February 10, 2022
ArtSci Roundup: Charles Yu at Benaroya Hall, Faculty Recital: Melia Watras: The almond tree duos, and More
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Charles Yu at Benaroya Hall
February 15, 7:30 PM | Benaroya Hall & Online
Shawn Wong, Professor of English, will moderate the Q&A at the upcoming lecture with celebrated author Charles Yu (HBO’s “Westworld;” “How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe”). Interior Chinatown is a deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play. It also happens to be the current UWAA Book Club read!
$5-$100 | Buy tickets & more info
Special event for Huskies!
Join UWAA and American Ethnic Studies Professor Connie So, for a hosted reception before the main event. This is a great chance to chat with your fellow Huskies about “Interior Chinatown” — and about issues of cultural stereotypes in popular media in general.
Coming up! Save the date for “Stereotypes in Storytelling,” a free Zoom discussion with three Huskies, on March 3rd at 5:00pm. Learn more, and sign up, here.
Faculty Recital: Melia Watras: The almond tree duos
February 15, 7:30 PM | Meany Hall
Baroque Ensemble
February 20, 1:30 PM | Brechemin Auditorium
George Li
February 18, 7:30 PM | Meany Hall
Praised by The Washington Post for combining “staggering technical prowess, a sense of command and depth of expression,” pianist George Li possesses an effortless grace, brilliant technique and poised authority far beyond his years. A silver medalist at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition, Li has established a major international reputation with performances on the world’s most prestigious stages. For his Meany debut, Li showcases Qigang Chen’s Peking opera-inspired “Moments,” alongside Schumann’s Op. 17 and 18, and Liszt’s towering pinnacle for the piano, the B-Minor Sonata, dedicated to Schumann.
Brechemin Piano Series
February 17, 7:30 PM | Brechemin Auditorium
Students from the UW piano studios perform works from the piano repertoire.
Free | More info
Wu Han, Philip Setzer & David Finckel
February 16, 7:30 PM | Meany Hall
Violinist Philip Setzer of the Emerson Quartet joins pianist Wu Han and cellist David Finckel for this performance of dynamic trio chamber music. Ranked among the most esteemed and influential classical musicians in the world today, the trio returns to Meany Center with a program that features Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Four African Dances for violin and piano alongside the eerily beautiful strains of Beethoven’s “Ghost” trio and Dvořák’s intense and stormy third piano trio.
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Tag(s): ArtsUW • Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of American Ethnic Studies • Department of English • Henry Art Gallery • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • Meany Hall for the Performing Arts • School of Music
