{"id":771,"date":"2024-07-27T16:32:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T20:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlylove.art\/?p=771"},"modified":"2026-01-12T22:22:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T02:22:29","slug":"pianist-eunbi-kim-how-to-love-through-deep-listening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlylove.art\/ja\/archives\/771","title":{"rendered":"Pianist Eunbi Kim: How to Love Through Deep Listening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This spring I had the pleasure of attending two uplifting events led by pianist Eunbi Kim<\/a> at the National Arts Club<\/a>, where she is one of 14 2023\/2024 National Arts Club Artist Fellows<\/a>. Rather than presenting formal concerts, Eunbi (she\/her) created a series of gatherings. This approach suited the Club\u2019s intimate spaces and allowed her to work interactively with the audience, sharing how music and mindfulness practice can work together to connect and heal us. The two gatherings I attended, \u201cHow to Love\u201d on March 6 and \u201cDeep Listening\u201d on May 19, each incorporated live music, talking, and visual elements. Eunbi cast the audience as improvisational partners, enabling them to explore the nexus of music and meditation along with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those who have yet to visit the National Arts Club in the historic Samuel Tilden Mansion, a National Historic Landmark re-designed in the 1860s by famed architect Calvert Vaux, one of the designers of Central Park, this former residence features gallery and event spaces open to the public. It is adorned throughout by ornate woodwork, sculptural elements, and stained glass and also houses a restaurant and bar \u2014 with stained glass dome! \u2014 for members. The Club provides Fellows with several opportunities throughout their residencies to present their work in these lovely and intimate spaces and to meet as a group, share ideas, and experiment together. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional perks of the fellowships include membership in the club and keys to exclusive Gramercy Park, providing further opportunities to mix with other member artists of all genres and use the facilities. This year\u2019s Fellows took advantage of the serene and sheltered environs of the Park to explore meditation techniques, sparking Eunbi\u2019s idea to incorporate some of them in her salons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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National Arts Club bar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Before describing the NAC gatherings themselves, some background is helpful for understanding how these ideas are reflected in the repertory she performed at those gatherings and how all of this fits into her path as an artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While an accomplished concert pianist, Eunbi (\u2018eu\u2019 sounds like the oo in \u201cbook” and \u201clook\u201d) is known for creating, in her own words, \u201cintimate experiences that transcend the conventions of the piano recital.\u201d Her previous projects have included a concert-meditation performance at Lincoln Center and a TEDx Talk titled \u201cPerforming Through Fear<\/a>.\u201d As an Artist-in-Residence at WNYC\/WQXR\u2019s The Greene Space, she created a four-night series, \u201cEunbi Kim in Residence: It Feels Like<\/a>,\u201d which mixed live music performances, delicious food, and deep conversations, inviting audiences \u201cto meditate on the parts of themselves that are deeply buried.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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