Nepal, Nov. 5 -- The 22nd edition of Surya Nepal Jazzmandu drew to a close on 4 November after a week of jamming and improvisation reverberated across Kathmandu Valley. Running from 29 October to 4 November, the festival ended as it always does: with a field full of people dancing.

If the festival has proven one thing over the last two decades, it is that a saxophone and a sitar can hold a fluent conversation. This year's edition did it again, placing eastern and western classical music on the same stage, enriching each other.

The 2026 edition's lineup was broader than ever featuring Nepal's own pioneering jazz band Cadenza Collective, Gandharva, Hot Club Patan, Kanta dAb dAb, Milan and Milesh duo on the violin and tabla respectively, ...