Mabel Kwan and Chris Wild perform Isang Yun

Composer Isang Yun wrote music that feels rhapsodic, taut, and crystalline, at times. Arrested for composing songs in Korean during the Japanese colonial period and then kidnapped for suspected espionage in Germany in the 1960s, Yun underwent a great deal of political turbulence while simultaneously garnering great acclaim for his musical accomplishments, according to artist Haegue Yang, who holds him up as an inspiring influence. Join for a concert of Yun’s piano and cello music performed by Mabel Kwan and Chris Wild of Chicago’s Ensemble Dal Niente at 6pm, and come early for a pre-concert lecture at 5:30pm from Northwestern University professor and musicologist Ryan Dohoney to give context on ties between the artist (Yang) and the composer (Yun).