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Join three of North America’s finest and most fiercely creative avant-garde musicians for a night of electrifying new music. This performance will feature two sets: Gordon Grdina will begin the evening with a set of Tim Berne compositions, followed by Tim Berne & Gregg Belisle-Chi with a set from their new album, Mars.

Declared “a saxophonist and composer of granite conviction” by the New York Times, Tim Berne has been making waves internationally since 1982 with various ensembles (Caos Totale, Fractured Fairy Tales, Bloodcount, Snakeoil) and has made over 50 recordings as a leader for labels such as Soul Note, Sony, JMT, ECM, and Intakt records.

Gregg Belisle-Chi is an Asian-American guitarist and composer whose work draws from the spaces between the spiritual and the analytical, the ethereal and the tactile—he invites listeners to a place of pause and reflection, creating music that “oozes beauty both in concept and execution, making us luxuriate in its immersive sonorities.” (Part-Time Audiophile)

Gordon Grdina is a JUNO Award-winning oud/guitarist whose music spurs constant genre exploration throughout avant-garde jazz, free form improvisation, experimental rock, and Arabic music. His singular approach to the instruments has earned him recognition from the highest ranks of the jazz/improv world.