Gifts of Art presents Paul Vornhagen & Aron Kaufman World Music Duo

Name: Gifts of Art presents Paul Vornhagen & Aron Kaufman World Music Duo
Start: 2025-10-23T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-23T13:00:00-04:00
Location: 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michigan 48109

Schedule

Thu Oct 23 2025 at 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

1500 E Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michigan 48109 | Ann Arbor, MI

Based in Ann Arbor, Paul Vornhagen and Aron Kaufman began performing together in the Lunar Glee Club in the mid ’80s and touring nationally and internationally in the past few years with the Lunar Octet. Their musical partnership spans four decades.
Since their debut CD album, Journeys, was released in 2018 Paul and Aron have performed at a variety of venues in Ann Arbor and Toledo, bringing their tantalizing rhythms from African, the Middle East, Cuba, and Trinidad blended with jazzy melodies to appreciative audiences. With no chordal instruments to define harmonics, there is a freedom to explore the interplay of melody and rhythm. The sound of their improvised music is magical, inspiring, meditative, lyrical, joyful and lively.
Paul is the leader of two critically acclaimed bands (Tumbao Bravo and his Quartet), he is also a private music teacher, composer, producer and recording artist. Winner of six Detroit Music Awards, his band recordings have been featured on many NPR programs and several film soundtracks. Aron is a nationally honored educator, accomplished composer and a leader of his own sextet, The Dream Ensemble, with a 2018 recording, Firefly's Dream. In 2017, he was commissioned to compose music for the documentary film, Cuba's Forgotten Jewels. Aron performs as a percussionist with numerous musical artists in the Detroit Metro Area.
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