Concert Story
Woven Voices is a one-night-only concert in Dallas where familiar Western instruments meet the mesmerizing sound of the guzheng—a 21-string voice rarely heard live.
Featuring original works and a newly reimagined arrangement inspired by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, this immersive performance weaves guzheng and cello into a powerful, cinematic dialogue across cultures and emotions.
One night only. One unforgettable sound world.
Voices in Dialogue
Where familiar sound open the door to new voices
“From this shared ground, the sound gently expands.
Wen Jun Shui introduces the guzheng, a 21-string instrument whose shimmering tones feel both ancient and alive.
Rather than standing apart, the guzheng enters into dialogue with the cello—echoing, answering, and revealing how two traditions can speak a common emotional language”
Crausy Ross - PianoThe cello opens the evening with a voice audiences instantly recognize—warm, human, and deeply expressive.
Joseph Kuipers shapes melodies that feel intimate and familiar, offering a point of connection that invites listeners into the sound world of Woven Voices.
Joseph Kuipers - Cello
Wen Jun Shui- Guzheng
The piano weaves the space between voices.
With clarity and restraint, Crausy Ross provides structure, harmony, and breath, allowing the cello and guzheng to unfold naturally while guiding the music forward.
His playing completes the dialogue, shaping a unified musical narrative.
Woven Voices — A Glimpse of the Dialogue
More Than a concert
This is not simply a concert.
It is a moment where time folds.
A thousand-year-old instrument speaks again—not as memory, but as presence.
On stage, Shui Wen-Jun, one of Taiwan’s most revered guzheng artists, performs alongside her former student, Uko Adams. Their shared history is not explained; it is heard. Sound becomes lineage. Music becomes continuity.
Years of distance—geographical, generational—dissolve into resonance. What emerges is not nostalgia, but clarity: a living tradition, rearticulated through contemporary voices.
Joined by cellist Joseph Kuipers and pianist Crausy Ross, Woven Voices unfolds as a dialogue rather than a program. Original compositions and works by composers Lu Liang-Hui and Wu Da-Jiang do not decorate the evening—they shape it. East and West are not contrasted, but woven.
More Than a Concert is an invitation to listen differently.
To hear music not as performance, but as relationship.
Not as spectacle, but as meaning—shared, fragile, and unmistakably human.
This night happens once. What remains is what you carry with you.
