"As you set out for Ithaka
hope your road is a long one,
full of adventure, full of discovery." - Cavafy
'When You Set Out for Ithaca' is an inter-disciplinary theatrical piano poetry by artist, pianist Julien Lee. It interwovens video arts, poetry and story telling, piano improvisation and electronic music soundscapes, to recount a story of one in search of the meaning of life and reflection of the inner self.
Date: Saturday, 20th September, 2025
Time: Door @7:30pm, Performance begins at 8pm and lasts around 90 mins
Venue: King's Cross St Pancras clocktower
This curation of interdisciplinary piano performance is from pianist artist Julien Lee, who studied under renowned pianist Prof. Yaron Rosenthal, who is the student of Murray Perriah, for 3 years in Jerusalem. His virtuoso and individual style of world-class piano improvisation connect audience into a heartfelt and spiritual experience. He has performed in various prestigious venues across london and the world.
Will I regret it all again? Fall back into the cycle of chasing, then collapsing?
Deep inside, I know I want to wander.
To play guitar and flute in response to the call of the ocean.
To sleep under the stars, in absolute peace. To withdraw from the noise completely.
Life is within.
It is immanent.
The world outside is a projection of the mind.
Death doesn’t exist.
We are older than the sky—older than everything we think is real.
I have a dream:
To transcend this life into eternity—in the deep blue of the ocean.
