About this Event
Rendezvous Arts brings music, art, and people together to encourage conversations and connections that contribute to people’s lives. Join us!
Featured Musicians: Apasionado Duo
January in Chicago could use a little heat.
Rendezvous Arts audience favorites Emi Tanabe and Gabriel Datcu step into the spotlight as Apasionado Duo, an intimate pairing of violin and guitar that travels effortlessly across styles, cultures, and continents.
Emi, originally from Japan, and Gabriel, from Romania, have become familiar faces to Rendezvous audiences through their performances at the Ravenswood ArtWalk. This season, we finally get to give them an evening of their own.
And what an evening it will be.
Expect the fire and romance of Argentinian tango, the freedom of jazz, music from around the world, and a few unexpected turns along the way. In the hands of these two musicians, violin and guitar can be tender one moment, electrifying the next, and always filled with personality.
The ease and chemistry in the way Emi and Gabriel make music together draws you in. It can feel like chamber music, a late-night jazz set, or music drifting from a café somewhere far from Chicago, sometimes all within the same program.
So come in from the cold.
Featured Artist: Anne Leuck
Our featured visual artist for this program is Anne Leuck, a Chicago artist, illustrator, designer, and educator whose work celebrates curiosity, play, and personal storytelling.
For more than 25 years, Anne has worked across painting, illustration, and design. At the heart of her practice is a daily sketchbook journal she began in 2001, combining words and images to capture ideas, everyday moments, and personal growth.
Her work ranges from acrylic paintings and digital illustration to paintings on glass and playful projects like Sudoku Scribbles, created inside finished sudoku books.
Like Apasionado Duo, Anne’s work is full of personality, discovery, and unexpected turns.
Event venue & nearby stays
Artifact Events, 4325 North Ravenswood Avenue, Chicago, United States
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