Lafayette Electronic Arts Festival (LEAF): Laraaji & Lisa Bella Donna

Join us at LEAF 2024 for an evening of stellar performances by internationally acclaimed artists Laraaji and Lisa Bella Donna at The Arts HUB in Lafayette.
Each artist will be accompanied by an equally amazing visualist — L’Astra Cosmo and Christopher Short respectively.

This is an early-bird announcement for LEAF 2024. Tickets will sell out fast for this show. Limited Seating.
Stay tuned for the rest of the lineup, including free performances at the Center for Musical Arts, pop-up projection exhibitions, film screenings and more!

Laraaji: Celestial Sound
Visuals by L’Astra Cosmo

Laraaji is a visionary musician, composer, and mystic who has enchanted audiences worldwide with his ethereal and transformative performances.Born Edward Larry Gordon and educated in music theory and composition at Howard University, Laraaji emerged as a pioneering figure in ambient and new age music after a chance encounter with producer Brian Eno in the 1970s.With a unique blend of celestial sounds, he has been hailed as a master of the hammered dulcimer and zither. Laraaji’s music transcends conventional boundaries, seamlessly merging ambient textures with cosmic vibrations, creating an immersive and deeply introspective sonic journey.

Lisa Bella Donna
Visuals by Christopher Short

Lisa Bella Donna is an internationally acclaimed recording artist, composer, modular synthesist, sound designer, educator, and clinician. She has decades of experience as a multi-instrumentalist session musician, educator, as well as developing extensive techniques with musique concreté, modular synthesis, analog recording & mixing techniques, microtonal music, orchestration & film composition. Lisa has traveled all throughout the USA, Japan & Europe performing concerts and conducting workshops and clinics. She has been commissioned for many multichannel audio art installations in the USA and Europe.