Name: Law of exceptions: Appeal/Hrekes/Smith
Start: 2026-04-14T19:00:00+03:00
Location: Musta Kissa

$Law of exceptions: Appeal\/Hrekes\/Smith$

If the Law of Averages lies in the usual and predictable, the Law of Exceptions is what happens when three musicians from broad musical/cultural backgrounds get together for an evening of improvised music in Helsinki. A first-time trio meeting of Appeal (NP, sarod/voice), Hadi Hrekes (SYR, percussion), and Wilson Tanner Smith (FI/US, cello/flutes) is sure to cross all kinds of exceptional musical territories over the course of two sets at Kallio's Musta Kissa. Improvised music in exceptional times--
14.4.26 - 19:00
€10 suggested donation
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BIOs:
Appeal is a vocalist, sarodiya, and multi-instrumentalist rooted in Nepali folk, rāga traditions, and pedagogical practices. Drawing on extended techniques; he weaves improvisation, songwriting, and non-dual philosophy into a fluid musical expression.
www.instagram.com/appeal.music/
Hadi Hrekes is a skilled percussionist and a student at the Sibelius Academy’s Global Music Department in Helsinki. With a solid foundation in darbuka and ethno-oriental percussion, he has gained recognition for his rhythmic talent, solo improvisations, and collaborative nature. Hadi’s musical journey includes various records and collaborations, as well as participation in numerous festivals and ensembles in Syria, Lebanon, the Arab region, the Balkans, and Finland. He has lent his talents to renowned Syrian drama series and has composed cinematic rhythms. Hadi continually explores creative projects that celebrate unity and diverse soundscapes in the global music scene.
www.instagram.com/hadi.hrekes/
Wilson Tanner Smith is a cellist, composer, improviser, and theatre artist currently based in Helsinki. His musical sensibility is informed by free improvisation, free jazz, ambient, DIY and found sounds, and by many cross-cultural/-genre collaborations in his former hometown, Chicago, and more recently across northern/western Europe.
He has performed both solo and in collaborations across dance, free improvisation/free jazz, and cross-disciplinary projects, with past performances in Chicago, France, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, Mexico, and Germany.
www.wilsontannersmith.com
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