I will open for friend & incredible ambient artist KMRU in New York, NY. :)

Kilele Summit is a first-of-its-kind music innovation symposium in Nairobi. Catch me performing some playful, experimental sounds as part of the new Mizizi Ensemble, which also includes singer-songwriter & Orutu player @labdiofficial, live coder & electronic musician @monrea_, producer @berntisak, and live-electronics performer Alex Hofmann. (Friday 16th, 11am, The Mist)

Kilele Summit is a first-of-its-kind music innovation symposium in Nairobi. Catch me on a panel led by Astrid Bin, on building musical instruments that are unique to ourselves and our cultures (Wednesday 14th, at Fem Lab).

Catch me hosting a guided listening session through the otherworldly work of pioneering Egyptian composer Halim El-Dabh, who I honoured in an essay I recently wrote (Thursday 15th, 10am, Fem Lab - The Mall, Basement).

Kilele Summit is a first-of-its-kind music innovation symposium in Nairobi. Catch me on a panel led by Astrid Bin, on building musical instruments that are unique to ourselves and our cultures (Wednesday 14th, at Fem Lab).

I return to the beautiful island of Suomenlinna, which was my home for 3 months in spring this year, upon invitation from PUBLICS to perform an intimate solo set of released and unreleased music at Nordic Culture Point.

I’m excited to team up again with the incredibly dynamic defunensemble to play old and upcoming music, this time at the Theatre Union in Helsinki, Finland.

I am very stoked to be playing Le Guess Who? Festival this year as as part of Nala Sinephro’s curation.💫

I offer my perspective on a panel about Music Futurisms, moderated by COSMOS’ Julian Brimmers. 💫

For my debut performance in Portugal, I will be supporting the amazing Liz Harris (Grouper), who will perform as her experimental project, Nivhek.

Nyokabi Kariũki and Alex Hofmann will present a “Workshop on Body Percussion and Live-Electronics” at the three-day International Symposium on Ubiquitous Music to be held at Derry~Londonderry campus and partner venues between 2nd - 4th November.

The first leg of my mini EU/UK Tour. Catch me open for the awesome Visible Cloaks!

I will be joined by Finnish contemporary ensemble, Defunensemble, to share some works-in-progress from my new project that I’ve been working on while in Helsinki — and perhaps, share some music from my recently released album, too.

Catch me performing at the Distortion Festival, bringing some calm vibes on a sunny day at the park 🌞🌷

Catch me in Rome on May 26th, 19:30, at Basilica di San Pancrazio.

Catch the Kenyan premiere of my piece, Ngurumo, or feeding Goats Mangoes, performed by the Kenya International Cello Festival and Senior Choir, at the Kenya National Theatre.

Hear selections from FEELING BODY when Nyokabi joins the String Orchestra of Brooklyn along with percussionist, Matt Evans for the first night of String Theories 2023. The concert also includes a performance from the “doom jazz” trio, Nepanthae.

The first performance after my album releases on March 03rd!

My debut full length album, FEELING BODY, is out on March 03, 2023 :)

‘feeling body’ airs on BBC Radio 3 on Wednesday November 16th at 22:45 GMT🌧

The first live performance of the music from my debut EP, peace places: kenyan memories, presented with percussionist Matt Evans, vocalist Alev Lenz, and Cello Octet Amsterdam.

if you're in the Chicago area, Third Coast Percussion will be performing my marimba trio, the season of Big rain (Mbura ya Njahĩ), live on June 26 at Constellation Chicago. (Tix + info https://bit.ly/3tshjy7).

The concert will include works of other awesome composers including Kite with Santee Witt, Ayanna Woods, Machado Mijiga and Alexis C. Lamb, and more.

The event will be livestreamed!

I wrote the work “Raw Sugar” in 2020, using text by my cousin, Marundu Muturi: a poem reflecting on dreams, and the strangeness of future — at the time not knowing that a pandemic was around the corner. The work will finally see its premiere at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, NYC at 7:30pm on 21st May, 2022.

My piece “The Colour of Home” will be performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble in Brooklyn, New York — on my birthday!

Chromic Duo brings together music by Chromic Duo, Kenyan composer Nyokabi Kariuki, and Brooklyn-based composer Phong Tran; with technologist and visual artist Brian Ellis, and dance collective J CHEN PROJECT

Chromic Duo brings together music by Chromic Duo, Kenyan composer Nyokabi Kariuki, and Brooklyn-based composer Phong Tran; with technologist and visual artist Brian Ellis, and dance collective J CHEN PROJECT

I have the pleasure of chatting with Rita Ray & Max Reinhardt on the stories behind my new EP and my music journey; as well as some other works by some East African artists I admire.

Kenyan composer Nyokabi Kariũki presents a sixty minute playlist showcasing voices and composers from across the African continent. Over the hour Nyokabi takes you on a journey around Africa, using music to explore the sense of place and home.