music, mind, and resilience
A Concert of Great Composers Who Struggled with Mental Illness- DATE/TIME:
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More than 170 years after Robert Schumann's struggle with severe mental illness, audiences are still moved by the beauty he created; the same is true of Johannes Brahms, who carried decades of quiet depression into some of his most searching music; Ludwig van Beethoven, who composed some of history's most celebrated works while confronting deafness, depression, and thoughts of suicide; Béla Bartók, who kept creating through exile, illness, and loss; and Maurice Ravel, whose later years were marked by neurological decline. On September 26, The Awakenings Project explores that intersection of creativity, struggle, and resilience in a special concert featuring internationally acclaimed violinist Yang Liu and pianist Olivia Tsai.