What it’s like to safely play music for 1,500 people during the coronavirus pandemic
In the words of Henry David Thoreau:
“When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.”
My eyes welled up with tears, and the music was blurry in front of me. I have been on concert stages since I was 11 years old, but the pandemic has taken all the opportunities away. Last night in Taipei, Taiwan, the National Concert Hall was the scene of the first live, public concert for me in eight months. Joining me were six fabulous musicians from the…
Wu Han
Wu Han (吴菡) is a Taiwanese-American pianist and co-artistic director of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) and Music@Menlo.
