Alkanna Greaca is a new vocal trio blending raw folk traditions from the Balkans, Mediterranean, and Black Sea with free improvisation and expansive soundscapes. Formed by Dunja Botic, Alexandra Achillea, and Irini Arabatzi, the trio’s music intertwines the rich cultural heritage of their homelands with a bold, boundary-pushing edge.

Mohamed Errebbaa was born in Rabat, a Moroccan musician and Master in the GNAWA world. He spent a decade travelling throughout Morocco, studying the diverse regional musical traditions under some of the leading musicians in the country. In southern Morocco, he immersed himself in the study of Issawa, Deqqa folkloric percussion, and became especially passionate about the three-stringed Gnawa bass lute, the Guembri. After mastering these traditional musical forms, he launched his international career.

Shohret Nur is an outstanding young Uyghur musician, based in London. He specialises in playing the Uyghur stringed instruments dutar and rawap. Originally from Kashgar, Xinjiang, Shohret’s great-grandfather and grandmother were both dutar players. Continuing this rich musical legacy, Shohret is helping to bring Uyghur music to wider attention around the world.

Kaïa Kater is a Montreal-born Grenadian-Canadian artist whose jazz-fuelled voice, deft banjo playing and lyrical songwriting have earned widespread acclaim. Drawing on influences rooted in Quebec, the Caribbean and Appalachia, her work reflects a rich personal lineage shaped by folk traditions, her Grenadian heritage, and time spent immersed in Appalachian music in West Virginia.

K.O.G (Kweku of Ghana) is a multi-dimensional creative force whose music is rooted in connection, consciousness and joy. A poet, storyteller and electrifying live performer, he blends fierce rap, soaring vocals, rhythm, movement and ritual into what he describes as “music as a weapon for peace of mind.” Performing in English, Pidgin and Ga, K.O.G creates sonic worlds that speak to the spiritual, emotional and collective.

Anatole Muster is redefining what the accordion can do, bringing the instrument to new audiences through bold experimentation and contemporary sound. In live performance, he combines button accordion with laptop keyboard and a MIDI-controlled “breathalyzer” synth — a new instrument he co-developed with engineer Elio Fistarol.

Hugh Sheehan is a musician, composer, sound designer, and audio producer from Birmingham. Having spent 10 years in Helsinki, Hugh is ow based in London. He produces work for concert hall, theatre, moving image, radio, and podcast. The foundations of his practice lie in Irish traditional music and contemporary classical music, whilst much of his work explores questions of gender and sexuality, desire and shame, assimilation and radicalism.

Iñigo Mikeleiz-Berrade, hailing from Barañáin, Spain, is an acclaimed accordionist whose performances have graced prestigious venues including the Royal Albert Hall and Wigmore Hall. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London, he has collaborated with the London Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonia Orchestra, premiering multiple concertos for accordion.

Mira Awad is a multidisciplinary international artist and activist (artivist), dedicated to the message of peace, empathy and solidarity. Born in Rameh village in the Galilee, to a Palestinian father and Bulgarian mother, Mira was raised in a multicultural, socially involved environment. She studied Fine Arts at the University of Haifa, and Music at the Rimon School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. She currently lives in London.