'Mekong: SOUL'

In their new multi-disciplinary performance piece Mekong: SOUL, Emmy Award-winning musician Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ and composer Jonathan Berger tell three powerful and multi-sensory stories about life on the Mekong River in Southeast Asia. Through music, the audience follows a journey along the river and hears the sounds of Vietnamese, Khmer, Thai, Lao, and Burmese communities. Through dance, they see the pains of departure from the homeland, as well as the struggles faced by those torn from the river. Through spoken word and moving images, they appreciate the bonds of the mother who sustains life whether on the river or in diaspora. Joined by artists from Southeast Asia, Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ and Houston’s Apollo Chamber Players present stories about one of this planet’s greatest natural phenomena, which sustains not only life, but also mind, body, and soul.

Asia Society Texas is thrilled to present the exclusive, in-progress Houston premiere of Mekong: SOUL, prior to its world premiere at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
Creative Team
Artistic Director, Lead Composer, and Performer
Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ,

Co-composer
Jonathan Berger

Apollo Chamber Players:
Matthew J. Detrick, Founder, Artistic & Executive Director, violin
Anabel Ramirez Detrick, violin
Matthew Dudzik, cello

Singer
Doy Charnsupharindr

Cultural Advisor
Alexander Cannon

Choreographer
Charya Burt