Antonio Gómez and Ke Guo

Early Music Seattle presents

Deep Roots, New Branches
No charge | Suggested donation $20

Each of us discovers “early music” through a different path. Join us for a personal experience of discovery as Ke Guo shares her travels from Western classical music to Chinese traditional instruments and eventually to the centuries-long traditions of Sephardic Jewish and Iberian romances. A doctoral candidate in the School of Music at the University of Washington, Ms.Guo initially studied European classical music in China before learning the Chinese flute, dizi, and the erhu (spike fiddle). Even as her current musical practices incorporate these historic instruments along with piano and voice, she has begun study of the Japanese shakuhachi (flute) and recently began close study of Sephardic and Iberian folklore with Spain’s Paco Diez. Join us as we examine the many ways musical pursuits transport us across time and place.