Megumi Saruhashi, will perform her compositions inspired by three places she calls home: Japan, New York and Egypt. This year she focuses on her new compositions of grief, longing and her love affair to her home country, Japan, in order to hold space together for the experiences and emotions that are too vast to carry alone in the midst of global traumas.

Megumi Saruhashi is a violinist and composer, who grew up around rice paddy fields in seaport city near Tokyo, Japan. Having performed around the globe from Carnegie Hall to Palestinian and Syrian refugee camps, Megumi knows no boundary when it comes to performing music. Megumi has embraced her credo “The earth is my home, the sky is my blanket. Wherever I go, I am home”, with three bases she calls home, namely, Japan, New York and Egypt.

Featuring: Megumi Saruhashi, violin and compositions Brian Prunka, oud Zach Lapidus, piano Moto Fukushima, bass Philip Mayer, percussion

Presented by Brooklyn Maqam