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Trip'n'n Winter, A Fresh Look at Schubert's Winterreise
Tom Yang, with a performing career in dance, musical comedy, acting, choreography and directing, takes a new and fresh look at Franz Schubert's great song cycle "Winterreise". At times heart-rending, at times poignantly funny, always very human, this take on "A Winter's Voyage" is aptly titled "Trip'n'n Winter". Tom is joined by the renowned New York concert pianist, Terry Eder.

Finding Winterreise...
The songs of Franz Schubert I have known it seems forever. Perhaps my mother played them when I was a child. They were played in ballet class. They were chosen by choreographers. Erlkönig entranced my early attempts at singing. Then some years ago, dancing less, singing more, I happened upon Der Leiermann. "I will learn it," said I to myself. Hook. Line. And sinker. Tom Yang

Tom Yang
Born in Okinawa, Tom grew up in Stockton, California. His early dance training began towards the end of high school and continued for a term at UC Berkeley and then at Pacific Ballet in San Francisco and then onward to New York at the Harkness House for the Ballet Arts. In Europe, he has danced with Tanz Forum, Rambert, Mantis, and Lurching Darts, and was the solo dancer in Peter Maxwell Davies’ “Vesalii Icones” with the Fires of London. He created the role of Caliban in Glen Tetley’s Tempest for Ballet Rambert. As a multi-skilled performer, he has appeared in Pericles at the Royal National Theatre, David Henry Hwang’s The Dance and the Railroad for TAG Theatre Company, and the London West End production of Miss Saigon. He was the solo singer with From Here to Maturity Dance Company at the Purcell Room. For London’s City Opera he directed La Boheme and The Tales of Hoffmann. He created the role of the Emperor in Shaolin Wheel of Life the film and world tour. Another created danced role is the Dream Pinkerton in Anthony Minghella’s production of Madama Butterfly for English National Opera, The Metropolitan Opera, and the National Opera of Lithuania. Tom was artistic director of Basic Space Dance Theatre of Edinburgh and since 2006 has been the resident choreographer of the Soundpainting Ensemble Amalgammes in Paris, France. Most recently, he appears in "OVNI(s)" on Canal+ and in HBO's "The Head". Tom is a martial artist and practices and teaches Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan. As a baritone, Tom has studied classical singing with Sylvia Eaves, Mary Thomas, John Noble, Graeme Lauren, Norman Bailey and Thomas Hemsley, and special Lieder studies under the tutelage of Paul Hamburger.

Terry Eder
Pianist Terry Eder has performed to audience and critical acclaim in France, Italy, Germany, Canada, the U.S., China and Singapore, as well as major halls in NYC, including Carnegie’s Zankel Hall and Lincoln Center. The critics described her recital at Alice Tully Hall as a “fascinating performance full of life and risk.” She was further described as “a big pianist with big ideas and a warmly engaging rapport." She has given master classes and lecture/recitals at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Oberlin Conservatory and the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory in Singapore, among other places. She has released three CDs, including a Bartók disc that was featured in Gramophone Magazine and on David Dubal’s radio show: The Piano Matters. She is the founder and artistic director of Key Pianists, a concert series at Carnegie Hall, where she presents seasoned and inspiring performers. She and her husband commissioned and produced the opera Mila: Great Sorcerer, composed by Andrea Clearfield. At her website, you may listen to and purchase her CDs and find out more.