An exciting performance arrives to shake Paphos’ music scene up as the AfuriKo duo lands at Technopolis 20. On April 19, percussionist Akiko Horii and pianist Jim Funnell will unite their musical prowess for a special live performance.

Their live act “explores the meeting point between jazz improvisation and the cosmological rhythms of African drumming. In this unfolding dialogue, the djembe’s ancestral voice seamlessly integrates with the modern harmonic colours of the piano,” say organisers.

The duo’s name is a blend of a Japanese portmanteau word combining Afurika and the suffix -ko, which means child. The two artists blend their talents and music genres to create “a hybrid dialogue, in which the freedom of jazz improvisation allows itself to be shaped by the orderly, cosmological nature of African drumming. On stage and in the studio,” conclude organisers, “a special connection gently unfolds as the djembe’s ancestral stories seamlessly integrate with the modern harmonic colours of the keyboards.”

AfuriKo

Live performance by duo blending jazz improvisation with African drumming. By Akiko Horii and Jim Funnell. April 19. Technopolis 20, Paphos. 7pm. €15. Tel: 7000-2420. www.technopolis20.com