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.
Nexus Arts acknowledges the Kaurna people as the owners of the land where we live, learn, and work. We respect their culture and elders and acknowledge their sovereignty was never ceded. We recognise that visual arts, music and storytelling have been central to Aboriginal cultures for over 70,000 years. We work to support this lineage.
