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A musical and personal take on an experience shared by many.

Mindy Meng Wang is a versatile Chinese-Australian composer and performer, masterfully trained on the traditional Chinese instrument, the guzheng. Born and classically trained in China, Mindy studied Western Musicology in the UK before migrating to Australia. Excelling in experimental music and improvisation, she is pioneering a new sonic direction for the guzheng.

About the concert

A global lockdown brought on by an unflinching, unpredictable, and isolating pandemic created a collective and universal experience: separation from friends, family, and partners.

In WHEN, Mindy creates a poignant and emotional audio-visual meditation on family, memories, and life in times of great change.

With musicians Anita Quayle and Daniel Jenatsch, Mindy shares personal, undisclosed stories between her hometown of Lanzhou, Wuhan and her new home of Melbourne, humanising the profound upheaval that comes from a worldwide pandemic.

Mindy Meng Wang is Melbourne Recital Centre’s 2023 Artist in Residence. The Artist in Residence program is generously supported by the Vizard Foundation.

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Artists

Mindy Meng Wang guzheng
Anita Quayle cello
Daniel Jenatsch electronics