"Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ & Blood Moon Orchestra: Harps of Asia" is at 7 and 9 p.m. Jan. 17 in The Studio, Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford University. Tickets are $15-$45 at live.stanford.edu.

Then there is the music: colourful, lush, grand and intimate, vast and deeply personal all at the same time. The composer ...