2017 Zenkora is Official!!

We're so excited to finally announce "Zenkora: The Seven Eras"!! It's finally here!!

The second chapter of our Zenkora Concert Series - September 22, 2017 in Calgary, Canada!! This production will feature over 80 talented artists collaborating together to bring to you an exhilarating ride time-travelling through the 10,000 years of Zenkora's history. 

We have for your seven enthralling, unique stories featuring various art forms - dance, theatre, animation, opera, dramatic narration. Our team has been working so hard on preparing for this production since the beginning of the year! Please support the passion of all our brilliant artists! 

Check out the storyline narrative here: 

Right now, we are seeking to fund our project through a Kickstarter campaign. This concert cannot be possible without support of the community!! 

Please contribute to our fundraiser at: http://kck.st/2vk79zh 

The concert will be held at the University of Calgary Theatre on September 22nd, 2017. If you are interested in attending, tickets can be purchased on EventBrite: https://zenkora-the-seven-eras.eventbrite.com. 

 

Cheers!

Zenkora Team 

Tong Wang

Tong Wang is a Canadian artist leading innovative initiatives across areas of performance, research, and community engagement. Her projects explore the role of art in relation to identity, culture, and current social-political issues. As a soloist and chamber musician, Tong has performed with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Red Deer Symphony Orchestra, and ensembles across North America and Europe. As a multidisciplinary artist, she has written the libretto of a new opera, “Labyrinth of Tears”, funded by the Canada Council, FRQSC, and SSHRC, participated in the Napoule Arts Foundation Residency in France, and published an award-winning photo-essay in the literary magazine Carte Blanche. Her other projects include the creative performances “Song of Praise”, “Ghiblilane”, “Once Upon a Pumpkin”, and research on the aesthetic of “cuteness” in popular and classical music. Tong recently toured a recital on multiculturalism, “我们Us” in Lunenburg, Montreal, Basel, and presented the interactive concerts “We’re Not Really Strangers” and “My Neighbours Totoro and Claude!” at the Verbier Festival. In 2022, Tong launched the Windwood Music Festival in Airdrie, Alberta to engage with and support rural farming communities through classical chamber music. In 2023, Tong will be touring with Duo Perdendosi across eastern US & Canada, as well as with Duo Incarnadine in Turkey and China to premiere a new commission by Alice Ho, Four Impressions of China. Using diverse mediums, Tong aims to share the power of art to reach across time, languages, borders, and cultures to connect people and kindle a shared understanding.