Inspired by the Tiny Desk concert series, "Off The Record" is a series of live recordings produced by Rue Arts. Kristin Berardi Kristin Berardi is a creative musician, composer and educator and is passionate about sharing music. Kristin is one of the first calls in Australia when it comes to Jazz vocals, however she works consistently in the contemporary music field outside jazz and into the experimental field. Her accolades include winning the Montreux Jazz Festival's International Jazz Vocal Competition in 2006, supporting Al Jarreau and George Benson at Montreux Jazz Festival 2007, and winning the National Freedman Fellowship (one recipiant for jazz and classical per year. Berardi is the only vocalist to have received one for Jazz) Helen Svoboda As an ‘indispensible part of the Brisbane jazz, improvised and experimental music scenes’, Svoboda has performed with artists including Joe Chindamo, Emma Pask, Erik Griswold, Kristin Berardi, Katie Noonan, Cory Smythe, Sebastian Gramss, Tamara Lukasheva and Mike Roelofs. She has performed at venues including the Brisbane Powerhouse, Jazzlab (Melbourne), Stadtgarten (Cologne), Bonnefantenmuseum (Maastricht) and MONA (Museum of Old and New Art - Tasmania) and at festivals including the Queensland Music Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, Unknown Orbits Festival (Maastricht), Hasselt Jazz Festival (Belgium) and Clocked Out’s Easter @ The Piano Mill (Stanthorpe). Last year she attended the renowned BANFF International Workshop for Creative and Improvised Music (2019) under the mentorship of Tyshawn Sorey, Vijay Iyer and Okkyung Lee, and was recently awarded the 2019 QLD Jazz Award with ‘The Biology of Plants’ as well as both the 2020 Maastricht Jazz Awards and the 2019 Maastricht Award for Innovation in Music with MEATSHELL for their debut immersive theatre production “Peaceful Co-existence” which the duo wrote, produced and performed in. MUSICIANS Kristin Berardi Helen Svoboda CREDITS Video: Daniel Lopez, Julian Palma, Eleanor Streatfeild Audio: Julian Palma

Debut single by Sydney based duo THE NANO SYMPHONY. Accomplished orchestral instrumentalists and producers, they seamlessly form a bridge between the worlds of classical and electronic. Photography: Daniel Lopez (www.danlopezimages.com) Management: Rue Arts

Arranged for strings by Michael Patterson Filmed by RUE ARTS VIOLINS - Michael Patterson, Clare Cooney VIOLA - Karen Gordon CELLO - Eleanor Streatfeil DOUBLE BASS - Douglas Rutherford Video by Daniel Lopez MUSICIANS OF THE AUSTRALIAN SESSION ORCHESTRA www.theaustraliansessionorchestra.com DAVID HICKEN www.davidhicken.com

16 June, 2025 Australian/Finnish, Finland-based musician Simon Svoboda strives to be the most versatile musician he can be. Aside from being an active part of the Finnish classical scene, Svoboda is part of 'Aspen String Quartet', performs frequently with his cello duo ‘Simon and Tommi’, and is also a keen composer and arranger, having worked with music and fashion icons such as Ecco2K and Vincent Catani. In the past two years however, Svoboda has found inspiration to compose minimalistic music for his cello and voice. His recently released EP titled ‘Kaamos’ (the Finnish word describing the darkest period of the year where the sun seldom rises) is a 5-piece work inspired by different elements of winter in Finland. Svoboda was fortunate to be a 2024 Finnish Cultural Foundation Koneen Säätiö scholarship recipient, supporting the creation of Kaamos. Svoboda has had the huge pleasure to collaborate with some incredible artists on this record, including Ukrainian violinist Varvara Vasylieva on ‘Savu’ (an homage to Ukraine translating to ‘Smoke’), his sister, double bassist and singing legend Helen Svoboda on the track ‘Valo’ (‘light’), and William Häggblom featuring on organ in the track ‘Halla’ (‘frost’). Also, the record would not have been possible without the commitment and belief from audio-engineer and producer, Joel Ward. Svoboda holds a masters degree from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, and has had prior training at the Australian National Academy of Music and the University of Queensland. Previous projects include SIMON SIMON and The Biology of Plants, among others. When Simon Svoboda is not playing music, he is either drinking coffee, hanging out with his dog Henry or thinking about surfing back home in Australia. SET LIST Section 1: Svoboda: Kaamos - 4' Svoboda: Sibelius Improv - 2' Svoboda: Jean - 4' Svoboda: Halla - 4' Section 2: Bach: Sarabande from Suite No.2 - 4' J. Kuusisto: Improvisation around a theme from 'Loiste' - 3' Vasks: Pianissimo - 9' Section 3: Emery (arr. Svoboda): Canto - 4' Svoboda: Home(sick) - 4' Svoboda - Savu - 5' MUSICIANS Simon Svoboda: cello, vocals CREDITS Producers: Daniel Lopez, Eleanor Streatfeild; Audio: Daniel Lopez; Video: Daniel Lopez, Eleanor Streatfeild Presented by 211coffee.com

Anthony Garcia and Shenzo Gregorio performing at a Paint it Red special event at Saccharomyces Beer Cafe. New and improvised music on a Sunday afternoon.

Brisbane based world music ensemble featuring Rebecca Karlen (violin / vocals), Helen Svoboda (double bass / vocals) and John Reeves (piano accordion). Bookings: contact@ruearts.org