Studio Ghibli’s and Joe Hisaishi’s Japanese animé Spirited Away, Ludovico Einaudi’s TOP10 most streamed piano pieces and Philip Glass’ hypnotic soundtrack to the Academy award-winning film The Hours meet alongside thought-provoking Japanese Zen Stories and a digital art exhibition and lightshow designed by acclaimed Chinese artist and Disney illustrator Emma Yitong Shen – to create an immersive musical experience designed to wind you down, bring you into a heightened state of consciousness and find musical enlightenment. These life-affirming musical numbers are interwoven into a storytelling experience inspired by the wisdom and philosophy of Zen Buddhism. 

"Matthew Shiel has once again curated a truly enlightening selection of music sharing a languid, lyrical style and emotional mood, each piece complemented by Emma’s illuminated painterly patterns for moments of quiet meditation.

The audience was indeed 'spirited away' in a meditative, theatrical ambience of calm reflective light, art, poetry and music.”

(⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Edinburgh Guide)