Concert for One

Violist and New England Conservatory graduate Rayna Yun Chou created this project in Taiwan in 2016 to address concerns that classical music had become inaccessible and musicians’ feeling of isolation from their audience.

Hailed by the Boston Herald as “an absurdly ambitious public performance project,” Concert For One was a collaboration between Celebrity Series of Boston and artist Rayna Yun Chou. Individual listeners sat face-to-face with solo musicians for one minute of concentrated listening, distilling live performance to its most fundamental form.

Over 10 days in September 2019, in Boston (Chin Park on the Rose Kennedy Greenway) and Cambridge (Harvard Science Plaza), nearly 5,000 performances by 58 local musicians took place inside a temporary art installation featuring an interactive lobby and performance space that had just enough room for two chairs, two people and an instrument.

CONCERT FOR ONE WAS SPONSORED BY

Leslie & Howard Appleby, Amy & Joshua Boger, Stephanie L. Brown Foundation, Donna & Michael Egan, Barr Foundation through its ArtsAmplified initiative, The Klarman Family Foundation, The Boston Foundation, with in-kind support from M. Steinert & Sons

Celebrity Series presented Concert For One in cooperation with

The Rose Kennedy Greenway, Harvard Office For the Arts and Harvard Common Spaces