Anna Hu channels music and art in a symphony of giving

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When melodious music meets dazzling jewellery, alchemy happens. They become forms of art. And when they come together with benevolence, they lift the spirit and remain in the heart forever.

Jewellery uplifts the human spirit

“Jewellery touches the soul; it’s a work of art that can uplift and heal the spirit,” Anna Hu, the acclaimed classical musician-turned-jewellery-artist, once shared in an interview. So what is art?  To Leo Tolstoy, art is a means to communicate emotion. Franz Joseph Haydn thinks art makes people feel happy. For Rabindranath Tagore, it represents eternity and immortality.  And in Anna’s heart, art is a touching melody, a cultural exchange. It entrances like movements after movements of a poetic, bejewelled symphony.  
 
From playing the cello to toying with gems, music and jewellery art have been an integral part of Anna’s life since childhood. She took to the cello to strengthen herself, while her fondest childhood memories came from having fun with gems in her father’s office. Whether as a cellist or a jewellery artist, she never forgets the spiritual richness and joy that they have brought her. It was perhaps due to this beautiful life course that Anna was able to instil a unique touch of warmth in the jewels she creates. Infused with her lovely thoughts, these gems become not just heirlooms that can be passed down from generation to generation but also a brilliant medium that brings hope to people. 
 
A harmonious cultural exchange

To say that Anna, who has been engaged in jewellery design for more than ten years, is just a jewellery artist, is inadequate. She melds the deep foundation and artistic concepts of Eastern culture with traditional Western craftsmanship to achieve the harmony of ‘form’ and ‘meaning’ in her jewellery.  By blending distinctly different Eastern and Western aesthetics and cultural connotations, Anna becomes a cultural ambassador of contemporary jewellery. 

Over the years, she has also been passionate about promoting various forms of cultural exchanges through music and jewellery. At the Sotheby’s Autumn Auctions in Hong Kong in November 2019, Anna created the five-piece ‘Silk Road Music Collection’ for auction and invited world-renowned cellist YoYo Ma, founder of the non-profit organisation Silkroad, to perform together. The soaring music took the audience on an imaginary trip to the culturally fascinating and prosperous Dunhuang on the fabled Silk Road, facilitating a meaningful cultural exchange through music.
 
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