City of Floating Sounds is an invitation to connect with our surroundings and each other. Experience a shifting soundscape as you journey through the city. Can you find other audience members to create a richer sound? Pushing the boundaries of classical music performance, City of Floating Sounds uses cutting-edge creative technology to take music out into the city. Guided by a bespoke mobile app, make your way through the streets of New Haven listening to fragments of Huang Ruo’s meditative new work.As you get closer to the Green – and other audience members – the sound will expand, revealing more parts of the work. An opportunity to explore New Haven in a new light – the path you take and who you meet on your journey can all change what you hear.
The walking element of the event begins at 6PM from a series of locations approximately a 30 minute walk from the New Haven Green. The concert takes place at New Haven Green at 7PM and lasts 2 hours. The City of Floating Sounds walk requires audiences to download an app. The download link will be released 2 days before the event. Register here to receive the download link straight to your inbox.
City of Floating Sounds
Presented by International Festival of Arts & Ideas, Yale Schwarzman Center and New Haven Symphony Orchestra
Sat, Jun 21, 2025 - 6:00pm Details Free Reservations
Commissioned by Factory International, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, National Taichung Theater, Taiwan and West Kowloon Cultural District.