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Helen Svoboda and David Wei Han Dai bring together two deeply expressive traditions in a collaboration that feels both intimate and expansive. Svoboda’s double bass and voice work—rooted in jazz, improvisation, and contemporary classical—offers a rich, resonant foundation, while Dai’s erhu playing carries the lyrical, vocal-like quality of Chinese musical heritage. Together, they create a dialogue that moves fluidly between structure and spontaneity, weaving textures that are at once earthy and ethereal. Their performances invite listeners into a space where cultural boundaries dissolve, and sound becomes a shared language of nuance, emotion, and discovery.