POETRY AND MUSIC PERFORMANCE: Hans Christian and Chera Van Falcon Burg

In celebration of Hans Christian’s newest CD, Melodiya, and Chera Van Falcon Burg’s new book of poetry, What We Can See, this event will feature Hans playing selected solo compositions as well as musical collaborations with Chera’s performance of poetry.

Hans Christian is a Grammy-nominated cellist, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer based in Sturgeon Bay, where he owns and operates Studio 330, a state-of-the-art recording facility. His new CD, Melodiya, is a melodic collection of eight cinematic, orchestral compositions, five of which include the piano and keyboards of Thomas Barquee, along with Hans’s string instrumentation and production elements. Hans has recorded, performed, and produced music for more than 35 years and has created a legacy of projects across a wide spectrum of musical styles from East Indian, rock and roll, and ambient melodic music. He has 24 original releases, as well as countless releases with other artists. Hans has been on stage and in the studio with top level musicians, as well as performed in esoteric environments such as Chartres Cathedral. He has toured extensively throughout North America and Europe. Find more information at www.hanschristianmusic.com.

Chera Van Falcon Burg is a poet, filmmaker, and psychologist. Her poems have been published in poetry journals, calendars, and on poetry trails. Her first book of poetry, What We Can See, was published by Four Windows Press in 2024. The book has received praise from former Door County Poet Laureate, Estella Lauter, and Albert DeGenova, poet and executive director of Write On, Door County. Chera has performed her poetry with musicians in the US, Mexico, and Europe, and she was one of six featured poets in Words On Fire, a 2023 performance of music and poetry at Door Community Auditorium. She is the producer of the award-winning film, Call of Life, about the drivers of the current mass extinction crisis and the psychological and cultural underpinnings that contribute to it. As an environmental activist, Chera was executive director of the environmental non-profit organization, Species Alliance, and presented at a conference on climate change at the United Nations. She was a professor of psychology in California and New York and has published in psychology journals. For more information, visit www.cheravanfalconburg.com.