Simona Smirnova: Cultivating Timelessness

Earl Hines once said, “I always thought jazz was like the trunk of a tree. After the tree has grown, many branches have spread out. They’re all with different leaves and they all look beautiful. But at the end of the season, they fold back up and it’s still the tree trunk.” For the citizens of Lithuania, the relationship between trees and music has been an integral part of the culture…