imUnsure: A Multi-Disciplinary Piano Recital on Young East Asian Women’s Silence, Resistance, and Sense of Belonging

Conceived and produced over the past two years, imUnsure is a multimedia piano+ performance curated and performed by pianist Jixue Yang. Blending acoustic sounds, electronic soundscapes, and immersive visuals, the program features six newly commissioned works by diasporic East Asian women composers and artists. It explores the tension between imposed identities (U) and the inner self (i), addressing themes of cultural displacement, intergenerational trauma, and the search for authentic self-expression amid societal expectations. In this way, the concert stage becomes a space for reflection, resistance, and storytelling.