Tapping Time: Tea as an instrument of Perception | Wu Kuan-Han's Fortepiano Concert

Tapping Time : Chapter One.  To archive what is destined to be lost

第一章   轉瞬：嘗試封存那注定遺失的

Like tea, music exists only in time. A note vanishes the moment it is heard, yet lingers within memory long after the sound has faded.

Pianist Wu Kuan-Han's performance becomes an invitation to discover how sound can awaken emotional resonances that transcend chronology. As ancient compositions are performed on a replica fortepiano, we attempt to reimagine sounds that have travelled through generations, allowing them to evoke feelings in the present.

Tea accompanies the concert as a parallel score: a sensory archive carrying traces of tea plants, craftsmanship, and distant places. Through two media, water and whisky, these memories are extracted and displayed in different profiles, much as a single moment may be remembered in different ways.

Together, music and tea become twin languages of remembrance, each striving to preserve what cannot be held and to reveal fragments transformed by the very act of remembering.

June 23 · Wu Kuan-Han's Fortepiano Concert

Entrance 1800  Start 1900

We are delighted to welcome Wu Kuan-Han, a Vienna-based Taiwanese pianist, for a special salon performance in Berlin.

Performing on a replica of a fortepiano from the renowned Stein Workshop (Werkstatt Stein) around 1800, Kuan-Han brings the music of J.C. Bach and the Classical era to life through the authentic sound world of a historical instrument.

In collaboration with Deerland Tea, a collective of Taiwanese tea artisans and specialists, this evening invites audiences to experience a dialogue between historical keyboard music and contemporary Taiwanese tea culture.

Each ticket includes:

🍵 One cup of Taiwanese specialty oolong tea or

🍸 One handcrafted oolong tea cocktail

🎟 Tickets at the Door

Regular: €18

Student: €10

(One drink included)

Limited seating available,

First come, first served.

Join us for an intimate salon evening where music, tea, and conversation meet.