Siaka Diabaté was born into a griot family in Orodara, Burkina Faso. He learned to play the balafon with his father. His first scenes were the fields and traditional ceremonies. In 2008, Siaka moved to Ouagadougou. He started working at the Village Artisanal, making...
Finnish cellist Johannes Rostamo is a versatile musician, interested in all forms of musical communication from early baroque to contemporary music, from jazz to folk music. Since 2008 he has served as principal cellist in the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra...
Shahriyar Jamshidi, a Kurdish-Canadian Kamanche (kemançe) player, composer, vocalist, director of Dilan Ensemble, co-founder of Kamancello and awards winner, is a graduate of Tehran University of Art and a former artist-in-residence at Banff Centre. He is also well...
Nathanael Larochette is a multi-instrumentalist/composer/producer/arts educator/solo artist and member of the chamber folk project Musk Ox and the progressive instrumental group The Night Watch.
Erik Johnson-Scherger was raised in the countryside around Kingston, Ontario, and completed a Master’s of Music from the University of Ottawa in 2019, where he studied with Yehonatan Berick. He performs and teaches classical, jazz, and folk violin and mandolin in the...
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