Hello all,⁣⁣⁣

We're excited to be hosting these two improvisational performers from Japan.⁣

Kawol Samarqandi crafts non-national, “poor” music—stripped-down improvisations built only from his faltering guitar and trembling voice. In this sparse terrain of sound, silence becomes structural, and fragility becomes strength.⁣⁣⁣

Across decades and continents, Kawol Samarqandi’s guiding principle remains unchanged: the will to listen attentively to the world...