BlackBox Ensemble

Thu Jan 08 2026 at 07:30 pm to 09:00 pm

Meyer Auditorium, National Museum of Asian Art (Enter on Independence Ave.) | Washington

Freer and Sackler Galleries
Publisher/HostFreer and Sackler Galleries
BlackBox Ensemble
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Join us for a compelling performance by BlackBox Ensemble, including new work by Baldwin Giang.
About this Event

PROGRAM

Anthony Cheung : Clocks for Seeing

Tania León : In the Field

Juhi Bansal : Love, Loss and Exile

Baldwin Giang : PIPA BOY: Three Scenes from the Post-Diaspora


BlackBox Ensemble presents a concert program built around new work being performed exclusively by the BlackBox Ensemble in 2025: PIPA BOY: Three Scenes from the Post-Diaspora by Baldwin Giang.


Baldwin Giang’s PIPA BOY, for ensemble, pipa soloist, and video installation, presents portraits of three places – Taipei, Rome, and his home city of Philadelphia – that are central to Baldwin’s personal and family history, and where, in his words, “contemporary identity needs to be interpreted and renegotiated given the forces behind 21st century globalization.” The creation of this work has spanned three years and three continents, with work beginning in the United States before Giang embarked on year-long fellowships – in Taiwan, as a Fulbright scholar, and then in Rome – to complete the project. In all locations, Giang worked with local video artists to collect footage of the local scenes each movement explores.

The other three pieces on the program offer a thematic throughline to the new work by Giang.




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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Meyer Auditorium, National Museum of Asian Art (Enter on Independence Ave.), Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, United States

Tickets

USD 6.00

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