SFCV: Del Sol Quartet World Premiere Celebrates Immigrants
San Francisco’s renowned Del Sol Quartet is expanding its mission to create and perform new music, while keeping its focus on immigrant history and culture.
A highlight of the quartet’s 21st season is its world premiere of Facing the Moon: Songs of the Diaspora, featuring San Francisco Poet Laureate Genny Lim and new words by Chinese-diaspora composers, on Oct. 19 at the Presidio Theater. Del Sol will then tour in China, and return home to participate in a Korean Experimental Music Festival at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz.
Continuing the theme of Huang Ruo’s 2021 Angel Island Oratorio, Songs of the Diaspora celebrates immigrants during the annual Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. The festival is significant for immigrants, helping to maintain cultural identity and sharing their heritage in new countries.
Vivian Fung: “Using the amazing poetry of Genny Lim, I give voice and expression to my deep-rooted emotions involving family, legacy, and trauma — subjects that have invaded my psyche of late as I have delved deeper into my own family’s history and that have served as fertile source material for many of my most recent projects.”