Reza Khota was born in Johannesburg and began formal guitar lessons at the age of ten, studying rock and classical guitar, and then moving on to experimental jazz, the classical avant-garde and progressive guitar music. He holds BMus and MMus degrees from Wits University and is a guitarist with a distinct voice, and a musicality and technical facility that recalls the rich history of the instrument. He is equally comfortable performing composed and improvised music. He boasts a long list of awards and collaborations, and tonight teams up with a young German saxophonist from Weimar – Tara Sarter – who has the requisite formal musical qualifications, but expresses herself with a free and adventurous spirit.