LINCOLN CITY, Ore. – The Lincoln City Cultural Center will host a special performance on Thursday, Sept. 25, at 7:00 pm, featuring internationally recognized jazz pianist and accordionist Ben Rosenblum and Japanese visual artist Yoko Sano. The husband-and-wife duo will present a collaborative program in which Rosenblum’s music and Sano’s live painting interact and evolve together in real time.

The project, described as a “genre-bending collaboration,” has been performed at venues across the United States and Japan. Each performance is unique, as Rosenblum’s improvisations inspire Sano’s brushwork, while her artistic choices, in turn, influence the music being created.

Rosenblum has toured extensively in more than 25 countries, performing in settings ranging from Carnegie Hall to international jazz festivals. He has appeared with artists such as Rickie Lee Jones, Catherine Russell, Ephrat Asherie Dance, and Kiran Ahluwalia, and has shared stages with jazz luminaries Bobby Watson, Sean Jones, and Warren Wolf.…