» Mısırlı AHMET - TR

Until it found it was settled in Mısırlı Ahmet’s lap, the darbouka was like the stepchild of the orchestra, pushed around and not treated like a musical instrument.

» Alan BERN AND THE OTHER EUROPEANS - Klezmorim & Lautari Meeting GER - MOL - BUL

Re-uniting two deeply related musical traditions after 70 years of separation, "The Other Europeans" Band brings together some of the world's most distinguished klezmorim & lautari to create new cultural relationships for the 21st century.

» BESH O DROM - HU

Besh o droM draws its musical basis form Transylvanian, Jewish, Afghan, Egyptian, Libanese, Armenian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Macedonian and Greek tunes presenting folk and electronic instruments simultaneously.

» Boban BJELIC - SE

In 1987 he won the International Accordion Competition award (Grand Prix de L’Accordion) in France. He also performed with Luciano Pavarotti at his concert in Belgrade in 2005.

» Marin BUNEA - MOL

He belongs to one of the most powerful musical dynasties of lautari in Moldova.

» Christian DAWID - GER

Counting as one of today's leading klezmer clarinetists, he has performed extensively throughout Eastern and Western Europe and North America.

» Prince DIABATÉ & N’Faly KOUYATÉ - GUI

The two best kora african player in order to discover the african musical traditions, its music and memory...

» Mihály DRESCH Quartet - HU

“Dresch’s unique fusion of jazz with wild Hungarian music comes from the stomach as well as the head”

» Grandmothers from the village of “Kamen Brjag” - BG

The song has always been together with them at happy or sad moments, at work or when they have rest.

» Matthias LOIBNER - AU

“I am not a musician, I am an observer of human moods and sentiments”

» Ferus MUSTAFOV and his wedding band - MAC

A highly skilled instrumentalist and master improviser, Mustafov has helped to turn the gypsy wedding music of Macedonia into an international phenomenon.

» Carlos NUNEZ - SP

‘In Galicia we play Celtic music as the Irish, Scottish and Bretons do, but we add Spanish passion and temperament, that’s our trademark’

» Peter RALCHEV - BG

With marvellous mastery he performs Bulgarian folklore as well as classical pieces.

» BOLYA - DONGO DUO - HU

"In this performance they are playing music like the angels. They lead us into higher regions, using historic and oral traditions.”

» Elisabeth VATN Piper on the Roof ensemble - NO

Originally a classically trained pianist from Norway,Vatn began her bag-pipe career during a stay in Macedonia in 1993.

» HAIG YAZDJIAN - KIOURTSOGLOU - KARIPIS TRIO - ARM/GR

Haig Yazdjian is one of the most popular oud player and one of the most famous vocalist.

» Svetlana SPAJIĆ - Serbia

"You'd have to be a lifetime steeped in the tradition to sound like that"

» Theodosii SPASSOV FOLK PROJECT BAND - BG

"His work on the Kaval was nothing short of pure genius."

» Adam STINGA - MOL

Adam Stinga is considered one of the finest living practitioners of Moldavian and Romanian trumpet styles.

» ROMENGO - HU

The group Romengo represents a new Sound of Eastern European Gypsy music!

» Prof. Milos Nikolic SE -

Outstanding musician and the Byzantine music pedagogue started his diverse music carrier as a clarinet player.