Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ

Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ is an award–winning performer and Emmy Award–winning composer who has collaborated with Kronos Quartet, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, and Yo-Yo Ma. The multi-instrumentalist and composer fuses deeply rooted Vietnamese musical traditions with fresh new structures and compositions, creating music that moves beyond genre into a space of transformation. Her multimedia production Mekong: LIFE explores issues of climate change and natural resource exploitation in communities from Vietnam to Laos to Burma through stunning sounds and visions of life along the Mekong River.