Li Daiguo, Camille Kerani

**Li Daiguo** is a prominent figure in China’s experimental and new music communities. Focusing primarily on pipa and cello, he has worked as composer and performer extensively throughout mainland China. Born in 1981 in Oklahoma to Chinese/Taiwanese parents, Li Daiguo received training in music from childhood on a variety of systems and instruments, including western classical music and bluegrass (violin, upright bass, piano), Chinese classical music (erhu, pipa), Finnish folk music, Carnatic music, Shona Mbira, and contemporary classical composition and improvisation. After relocating to mainland China in 2004, Li began to develop his compositional style and blend of extended techniques for bowed and plucked instruments.
**Camille Kerani** is a saxophonist, composer, and bandleader from Oakland, California. Her work focuses on both tangible and metaphysical themes, drawing inspiration from cosmology, community-led activism, and DIY spaces. Not limited by genre, Camille plays with a variety of artists, including South African pianist Nduduzo Makhathini, Bay Area rappers Larry June and LaRussell, and San Diego sweet soul group Thee Sacred Souls.
Doors at 8 PM
$20 adv + DICE fees / $25 at the door