Celebrating the NY Underground

Curated by Cellist Aliya Ultan, this night features musicians, filmmakers, movement, food an rest by artists of different mediums around New York.

Large ensemble meditation led by Dharsan "Dharsh" Chandrakumar

Solo set by Key Hutch

Intermedia set led by Aliya Ultan featuring Magpie - Movement,

Anya Tran - Theremin, Will Hayes - Guitar & Raf Vertessen- Drums

Key Hutch is a versatile guitarist, songwriter, and producer from Brooklyn, NY whose multivalent influences can be traced to her Caribbean lineage, her love for popular music, her conservatory training, and a remarkable musical career supporting performers in the fields of Pop, R&B, jazz, and other experimental genres. As an artist, she channels her knowledge of guitar, composition, and electronic production into a creative exploration of original works, live performance and musical mentorship.

Electronic R&B/pop music, modern dance, and Black futurism comprise Lambkin’s artistic vision: where the visceral meets the cerebral; where the natural enacts the synthetic.

Aliya Ultan is a cellist-composer from New York based in Brooklyn. Her sound has been described as “fearless”, “haunting”, “cathartic”, and “seductive”, “–both orchestral and grunge”. Growing up homeless with her mother and sister, Ultan entered music as a means of survival and escape now embracing the healing effects of free play and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Dharsh is a Sri Lankan American composer and sound artist from Long Island, NY. His practice involves field recording both urban and natural soundscapes and improvising on his viola. He creates walls of sound with stringed instruments and aims to blur the line between audience and performer. Dharsh is also exploring how AI can democratize the learning of classical instruments. You can often find him busking in Prospect Park or working remotely from cafes in Brooklyn.