In-person tickets for this event are sold out. You can still join us virtually.

With the health, well-being, and comfort of all as our top priorities, City of Asylum requires that our staff, artists, and all those attending an event be fully vaccinated. Please click here to learn more about our Covid 19 policies. 

Pipas, guzhengs, ouds, and more! HarmoniZing, a Pittsburgh-based group founded with the aim of nurturing cross-cultural understanding through the arts, brings together musicians playing a diverse array of instruments for an evening of global voices and soaring music.

With special guests John Marcinizyn and Daphne Alderson, the concert features solos of the pipa (Chinese lute), guzheng (Chinese zither), oud (Middle Eastern lute), and tabla (Indian hand drums) and concludes with ensemble pieces recently composed by Guan Huidan of China, Chinese Canadian Yao Wang, and Iranian American Ehsan Matoori as well as a traditional Ghanaian song arranged by Joseph Sheehan.

Featured musicians:

Daphne Alderson: contralto

David Bennett: cello

Ai-Lin Chen: guzheng

Tomchess: oud

Mimi Jong: erhu

Regina Ketter: violin

Ai Min Liu: flute

John Marcinizyn: guitar

Ravi Padmanabha: tabla

P.J. Roduta: percussion

Dariush Saghafi: santur

Joe Sheehan: piano

Shaoqian Wang: clarinet

Nancy Xiao: daruan

Joyce Yan: zhongruan

Jin Yang: pipa

About your visit:

The in-house restaurant 40 North  will be closed but a cash bar will be available.