Guitarist Petra Babankova and cellist Nelson Denman, perform “old favorites and new delights” in the Ahmyo Garden. They are familiar faces in Northern New Mexico. Denman, a composer, earned his Bachelor of Arts degree at St. John’s College in Santa Fe, followed by a master’s degree from Harvard University, and served on the executive committee of the Sierra Club’s Northern New Mexico chapter.

Babankova was born in Prague in what’s now the Czech Republic, immigrating in 1980 to Canada, where she studied music. She moved in 2002 to Santa Fe, where she performs and teaches

Their soothing music fits right in with an afternoon in the W