RIFF: Playing with Liberation

The improvisational release of the riff, played or spoken, embodies a taste of all that creative expression has to offer. It is an act of liberation, and often, of the joy that is found in that freedom. In this program, we welcome renowned Hungarian saxophonist Mihály Borbély. He is joined by accomplished poets Ariana Benson, Gaia Rajan, and City of Asylum writer-in-residence Rania Mamoun, who recently embraced a liberation of her own: shedding her pen-name and sharing her true identity as a writer with the world.