Sasha Berliner & Lex Korten at InterContinental New York Barclay

Join us for another intimate Suite Session at the InterContinental Barclay featuring two emerging artists. Space is limited: RSVP at [email protected] (The ticket includes complimentary refreshments and hors d'oeuvres).

Sasha Berliner is a musician, composer, producer, and band leader from San Francisco, CA. A rock drummer turned vibraphonist, Sasha was named the 2020 Downbeat Critics’ Poll winner of the “Rising Star - Vibraphone” category. She was both the first woman, and at 21 the youngest individual in the poll’s history to be granted the win. She was voted in the top ten vibraphonists for the 2021 and 2022 Downbeat Reader’s Polls, sharing a list with vibraphonists such as Joe Locke, Stefon Harris, and Joel Ross....

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Join us for another intimate Suite Session at the InterContinental Barclay featuring two emerging artists. Space is limited: RSVP at [email protected] (The ticket includes complimentary refreshments and hors d'oeuvres).

Sasha Berliner is a musician, composer, producer, and band leader from San Francisco, CA. A rock drummer turned vibraphonist, Sasha was named the 2020 Downbeat Critics’ Poll winner of the “Rising Star - Vibraphone” category. She was both the first woman, and at 21 the youngest individual in the poll’s history to be granted the win. She was voted in the top ten vibraphonists for the 2021 and 2022 Downbeat Reader’s Polls, sharing a list with vibraphonists such as Joe Locke, Stefon Harris, and Joel Ross.

Lex Korten is an award winning pianist and composer from New York City who has become an integral voice in the contemporary Jazz and improvised music scene in his home city and worldwide. Lex’s name has appeared in the New York Times and Vogue, and he’s found himself in demand from great musical luminaries including Tyshawn Sorey, Jaleel Shaw, Mike Moreno, Melissa Aldana, Ari Hoenig, Caroline Davis, Clarence Penn, Fay Victor, Dayna Stephens, as well as a near-comprehensive list of his own generation’s most fearless bandleaders in Black American Music.

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