- MUSIC
- NATURE
- FOOD
Where Music, Food and Stories Come Together
Aurora Em is a Hong Kong–born piano teacher, storyteller and food creator who expresses emotion through music, affection through cooking, and reflection through nature.
ABOUT AUTHOR
Meet Aurora Em
EM, writing as Aurora Em, is a piano teacher from Hong Kong whose creative world is shaped by music, cooking, nature and storytelling.
Music is the language through which she communicates. Cooking is how she expresses care and gratitude, while nature offers the stillness she needs to reconnect with herself and the universe.
Her work brings these elements together in a deeply personal and imaginative way, guided by a belief in serendipity, truth and the possibility that creativity can reach the people who need it most.
THE BOOK
Vegetarian Symphony from Hong Kong
A celebration of flavour, memory and music
This book combines vegetarian cooking with the rhythm and emotion of music. Each recipe becomes part of a larger composition—one shaped by culture, memory, generosity and the joy of bringing people together around food. It is not simply a cookbook. It is a personal symphony of taste, creativity and connection.
RESEARCH
Research, Music and Wellbeing
Aurora has a longstanding interest in the relationship between music, memory, emotional wellbeing and dementia care. Through volunteering, personal study and musical experimentation, she has explored how familiar melodies and gentle arrangements may support calmness, recognition and emotional connection.
Her handwritten music scores form part of this continuing personal research into music and therapeutic listening.
This section reflects the author’s personal research, experience and interpretation and is not presented as medical advice.
THE BLOG
Notes from Aurora
A collection of reflections on music, food, creativity, memory and the quiet moments that connect us to one another.
Why I Wrote a Cookbook Like a Symphony
What a Familiar Melody Can Hold
The Stillness Before a New Piece
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