UPDATE: This event has been canceled.
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ORIGINAL STORY: Mother-son piano duo, Michelle and Christopher Kuo, will play a benefit concert for the Chattanooga Area Food Bank on Friday, Sept. 7, to launch Hunger Action Month.
Two-Piano Journey will begin at 7 p.m. in the Humanities Building auditorium on the campus of Chattanooga State Community College, 4501 Amnicola Highway.
Tickets are $50 general admission or $100 VIP, and 100 percent of the proceeds will go to the food bank.
Michelle Kuo, a child prodigy who played sold-out concert halls in Taiwan and Hong Kong, gave up her promising career to raise her two sons. She continued to hone her talent as a teacher, helping many of her students get accepted into conservatories.
When her son, Christopher, learned about the opportunities she left behind as a young pianist, he convinced her to perform with him. They have performed together more than 20 times since 2016 and have raised more than $400,000 through their project.
“Since we started performing together, our friends and family across the country have supported our dream to go on tour. Without their love, none of this would be possible. Our way of saying thank you is to support nonprofit organizations our audience members are passionate about. Every single concert we perform, in full or in part, is for the benefit of an organization doing critical work to make our world a better place,” says the son.
For more information: https://chattfoodbank.networkforgood.com/events/6997-two-piano- journey.