🎹 Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series

In this episode, we catch up with renowned jazz pianist & composer Helen Sung ahead of her highly anticipated Folly Theater performance in Kansas City with the Bach Aria Soloists on April 5, 2025.

This world-premiere event is a groundbreaking collaboration where jazz and classical music converge. The Bach Aria Soloists commissioned Helen to compose a new work, celebrating Bach as the original improviser—laying the foundation for jazz.

Expect an unforgettable evening of musical fusion, as Helen brings her signature artistry to the stage, blending classical mastery with jazz Innovation.

In This Interview, We Cover:

🎼 The inspiration behind this world-premiere collaboration

🎹 Helen’s thoughts on returning to Kansas City

🎶 The importance of live music in 2025 and beyond

🎻 The magic of blending classical and jazz

🎧 Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind conversation
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Joe Dimino has been writing & creating in a variety of capacities since his college days at the University of Missouri-Kansas City somewhere around 1993. If you are keeping score, that would be about 29 years+. It all began at UMKCs University News as a Sports Writer & turned into a myriad of expressive avenues. Inventing poems, art, video & audio has always been in the proverbial cards.