About Vân-Ánh Võ
Vân-Ánh Võ has dedicated her life to the practice and performance of Vietnamese traditional instruments, creating music by blending the wonderfully unique sounds of these instruments with other music genres and fusing deeply rooted Vietnamese musical traditions with fresh new structures and compositions. Since settling in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2001, Vo has seen the beauty and strength in the music of other cultures, and especially as they come together. And as a result, she has focused on collaborating with musicians across different genres to create new works that use music to bring these cultures together.

About the Blood Moon Orchestra
Vân-Ánh Võ’s Blood Moon Orchestra is a genre-bending musical collective that defies the bounds of Vietnamese traditional music, hip-hop/rap, and breakdance. All master musicians, members of BMO have an innate ability to blend very different sounds together, creating surprisingly new and fresh musical dialogues. Beginning back in 2015 as an initiative by RIGHTSTARTER (drummer/producer PC Muñoz and rapper DEM ONE), current director/composer Van-Anh took over the creative directorship in 2017. BMO concerts address social issues, critically engage with underserved communities on issues of our times, and bridge cultures and generations through traditional music. In 2019, BMO was a headliner and provided workshops to 12,800 audience members for BridgeFest Vietnam, which aimed to foster dialogue surrounding diversity and equality.