Time and again, she creates points of contact that also inspire a young audience. For example, when she talks about her passion for baking in a video series for Bayerischer Rundfunk and uses it to build a bridge to music. Since her recital debut at the Ruhr Piano Festival in 2008, Mona Asuka has been a regular guest at the festival – especially in Duisburg’s Landschaftspark, which she and her fan community have grown more than fond of. This year, she is bringing the Goldmund Quartet to a chamber music evening with great piano quintets by Dmitri Shostakovich and Johannes Brahms. What does she have in common with the four musicians? The search for the ideal, but also the sensuality that characterizes the artistic spirit of Goldmund from Hermann Hesse’s classic novel which inspired the quartet’s choice of name.