First Meakusma & ArsVitha event of 2026, we are happy to feature two concerts at the Stille Post in Sankt Vith. The legendary David Grubbs and the incredible Ava Rasti will perform at the height of winter in one of the cosiest venues in East Belgium. Still tangled up in Christmas lights? Perhaps covered in forgetful snow? One month on from Christmas Eve, this night is the perfect antidote to the pitfalls of the season.
Brooklyn-based guitarist/pianist/vocalist David Grubbs needs no introduction. He has released fourteen solo albums and appeared on more than 200 releases. He was a member of Gastr del Sol, Bastro, and Squirrel Bait and has performed with Tony Conrad, Pauline Oliveros, Luc Ferrari, Will Oldham, Loren Connors, the Red Krayola, Royal Trux, and many others. He is also an acclaimed author and critic and is a professor of music at Brooklyn College and the City University of New York. For his 2025 Whistle From Above album, released on Drag City, David developed new works for guitar, as well as a piano piece and an exceptionally eerie bit of musique concrète, opening up his deeply personal solo pieces for engaging conversational gambits with modern masters Rhodri Davies, Andrea Belfi, Nikos Veliotis, Nate Wooley, and Cleek Schrey.
Ava Rasti is an Iranian-born artist, creating and composing out of the country’s capital, Tehran. As a pianist and bass guitarist, in her late teens, Rasti founded a post-punk girl group in Tehran. Since 2020, she has worked solo, experimenting at the intersection of ambient, modern classical, and drone. Her interest in storytelling has led her to compose for film, with soundtracks including The Great Yawn of History and 1001 Frames. Following a series of sonically evolving singles, sheself-released the long-players Ginestra and The Living Room. FatCat Records’ 130701 post-classicalimprint has since signed Rasti’s 2024 album The River, a contemplative dive into abstracted emotion, beauty and eternal movement.
VENUE
Stille Post
Malmedyer Straße 4
4780 Sankt Vith
PRACTICAL
24.01.2026
Doors open 19:00
Start: 19:30
Presale: 12€ here
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