ARKAI will perform at Lake Flower Landing on Jan. 27. (Provided photo — Thomas Brunot)

SARANAC LAKE — ARKAI, an award-winning electroacoustic violin-cello duo that has inspired audiences around the world through its genre-defying string music, are set to perform two shows next weekend, one in Saranac Lake and another in Saranac.

The performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27 at Lake Flower Landing, 421 Lake Flower Ave., Saranac Lake, and 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 28 at the Saranac Fire Hall, 3277 state Route 3.

Admission to both shows is $20. Seating is open. In addition, ARKAI will spend a day performing for and working with middle- and high-school students in the strings program at Peru Central School.

For more information and to reserve tickets, visit lakeflowerlanding.com and hillandhollowmusic.org.

Alongside performing, ARKAI creates artistic programs that connect and uplift communities. During the coronavirus pandemic, their initiative SupportNYC has helped raise over $80,000 in monetary support for small businesses and organizations like the MET Orchestra Musicians, Harmony Project, D’Addario Foundation, and Shakespeare Dallas through fundraising performances, spreading hope and healing to communities across the country through the power of the arts. ARKAI was recently honored with the 2021 Robert Sherman Music Education and Community Outreach Award presented by WQXR, The Juilliard School and The Harold W. McGraw Family Foundation in recognition of their work through SupportNYC.

ARKAI was selected by the U.S. Department of State and the Association of American Voices to participate in the ’21-22 American Music Abroad season. Through this program, ARKAI has engaged in exchange programs with underserved audiences around the world with little or no access to American music, demonstrating the power of cultural diplomacy as a tool to bring people together.

ARKAI recently joined the 2023 voting member class of the Recording Academy.

In collaboration with Grammy-winning producer Jonas W. Karlsson, ARKAI’s debut album will be released in 2024. ARKAI is a winner of the 2021 Astral Artists National Competition.