Watch: Pianist Hsing-ay Hsu Plays Kevin Michael Olson’s ‘Dichotomiae’

Hsu recently collaborated with Kevin Michael Olson, a graduate student studying composition, to debut a solo piano piece called "Dichotomiae" on a Pendulum program.

• Hear the full piece: Centennial Sounds Podcast: Kevin Michael Olson's 'Dichotomiae'

It's a complicated piece that calls for the pianist to navigate a series of musical mood swings. The chords sometimes suggest placid moments by Claude Debussy. In other places, the music evokes Bela Bartok's more jagged piano pieces.

Watch Hsu play the final movement, "Serenity and Storm," in the CPR Performance Studio in the video above. And subscribe to CPR Classical's Centennial Sounds podcast to hear the full piece, and the story behind "Dichotomiae."

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