THE BLANC is pleased to announce and warmly congratulate our studio artist, Jeana Zhenyu Zhang, on her recent gallery representation by VillageOneArt. Based in New York, Zhang’s practice investigates the dialectical relationship between ink and acrylic as vehicles for cultural inquiry, diasporic memory, and philosophical reflection on chance and selfhood. Her work reflects a rigorous training across both Eastern and Western traditions—she completed her foundational studies at

PinkNoise Ensemble gives the world premieres of three works commissioned by the ensemble in dialogue with works by Liza Lim and Halim El-Dab. Rites PinkNoise Ensemble Co-Presented by THE BLANC Program Sofia Jen Ouyang - Rite (2026) for bass flute, clarinets, piano, violin, cello and live electronics* Thanakarn Schofield - Hush! (2026) for flute, clarinet, violin, electronic improviser, and multimedia* Yifan Guo - Semi-awake Hallucination (2026) for pianist on player piano, no

Vibrant Matter Telos Consort Co-Presented by THE BLANC Date & time: Saturday May 2 at 7:30pm Program Marcos Balter — Strohbass Sofia Jen Ouyang — inner life Daniel Weitz — Infants of Further Life Ihlara McIndoe — to breathe in the vibrancy of dead air Arjan Singh Dogra — Rukh Thanakarn Schofield — …Dust Pile Sofia Jen Ouyang — Commotion Telos Consort Thomas Giles, saxophones, clarinets, flutes Zhongyang Ling, saxophones Charlotte Munn-Wood, violin Thea Mesirow, cello Yifei Xu

A Concert of New Works for Saxophone, Electronics, and Video May 1, 8:00 PM THE BLANC, New York Composer, saxophonist, and transdisciplinary artist Neil Leonard presents Midtown Live, a concert of new works for saxophone, electronics, and video, developed during his inaugural residency at THE BLANC. The performance builds on ideas from his current installation Midtown Sound: Listening Legacy, tracing shifting urban soundscapes and the enduring debate over what counts as music

THE BLANC presents An Evening of Music and Dance: The One and the Other on Saturday, April 25 at 7:30 PM. Exploring timbre as something inseparable from bodily motion, the program follows sound as it is bowed, blown, struck, plucked, and danced into being, with bodies setting air and space into vibration. Bringing Bach into dialogue with contemporary works, The One and the Other traces resonances across time, where ritual, color, gesture, and movement pass between past and