Name: Transfigurations: Han Kang’s ‘The Vegetarian” in Music and Words Lisa Sung Ensemble
Start: 2026-03-21T16:00:00-04:00
Location: 415 North Fourth Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michigan 48104

$Transfigurations: Han Kang\u2019s \u2018The Vegetarian\u201d in Music and Words Lisa Sung Ensemble$

Korean American jazz pianist Lisa Sung presents an original song cycle inspired by The Vegetarian, a book by Nobel Prize-winning author Han Kang. Performed by her ensemble in collaboration with the Nam Center for Korean Studies at the University of Michigan, the concert explores themes from the book: silence, resistance, and transformation through sound. Drawing from contemporary jazz and improvisation, Sung’s compositions translate the novel’s psychological intensity and poetic restraint into an intimate sonic experience. Audiences can expect a performance that blurs literature and music, inviting deep listening and reflection.
Lisa Sung – Piano, curator
Eva Rosenwald – reader
Brynn Hillker – bass
Max Welterlen – drums
Tae Hoon Yoo (big fire) – reader
Marcus Miller - Saxophone
Andrew Bishop - Saxophone & Flute
Special guest lecturer: Dr. Youngju Ryu, Professor of Korean Literature & Director of International Institute, University of Michigan