As part of the art exhibit at Green Acre titled Inherited Beauty, this musical performance by Vasilis Kostas & Layth Sidiq is a perfect embodiment of diverse cultures coming together to share beauty through with the world. The laouto player Vasilis Kostas and the violinist Layth Sidiq met many miles from their respective home countries in Boston. The former is Greek, the latter Jordanian-Iraqi and their duo aims to highlight the musical roots of their countries while using them as a basis for exploring new ways of improvising, writing and arranging. Without getting lost when borrowing elements from jazz and other contemporary styles, this inventive duo always seeks to capture the magic that emerges when following the thread of expanding the boundaries of musical traditions. This duo had the opportunity to perform and present its compositions at the prestigious WOMEX Expo in Poland as well as the ADEM festival in Geneva, bringing a rich, exploratory and unique musical aesthetic to a new generation of audiences. http://www.greenacre.org