Charlotte Church is a Welsh singer-songwriter known for her extraordinary vocal range and fearless musical evolution. Rising to international prominence as a classical soprano, she has since forged a bold, genre-defying practice that blends folk, pop and experimental sounds, guided by storytelling, emotional honesty and creative independence.

Merlin is a fungal ecologist and author of Entangled Life, a million-copy New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, and winner of the Royal Society Book Prize and the Wainwright Prize. Merlin is a research associate of the University of Oxford and the VU Amsterdam, the UK Policy Lead for the Fungi Foundation, a core member of the More-Than-Human Life Project, and Director of Impact for the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN).

Jean-François Carrière is currently pursuing studies in Baroque Cello at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg. At the age of 14, Jean-François was accepted to the prestigious Yehudi Menuhin School in Surrey, where he studied for five years under Prof. Bartholomew LaFollette.

Nessi Gomes is a British-Portuguese songwriter born on the island of Guernsey. Her music doesn’t try to lift you above life. It walks you straight into it. She writes with a quiet intensity, where beauty sits beside fear, where longing doesn’t ask to be solved, and where the darker corners are given air, not shame.

Lise Vandersmissen is a Belgian harpist who travels with her modern pedal harp and her Italian Triple Harp to perform across Europe and Asia. Lise was one of the Upcoming Artists at Klara Radio, the main classical radio in Belgium, and won the Supernova Chamber Music Competition with her Aglica Trio in 2024.

Jally Kebba Susso is a musical and cultural ambassador for Gambia in the UK. Jally Kebba plays from a background of 74 generations of musical heritage. In November 2022, he was awarded the title of Musical and Cultural Ambassador for Gambia in the UK & Europe from the High Commissioner of the Gambia in the UK.

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.

Soweto Kinch is an award-winning alto saxophonist, MC and composer whose work moves fluidly between jazz, hip hop and spoken word. One of the UK’s most distinctive musical voices, he brings together virtuosic improvisation with sharp lyricism and a deep engagement with history, politics and place.

Kadialy Kouyate’s mesmerising kora skills are deeply rooted in his ancestral lineage of Kouyate griots. Born in southern Senegal, within the rich cultural tapestry of the Mandinka people, he naturally absorbed the traditional griot repertoire from an early age. Embracing this art of Senegalese storytelling, he soon forged his own path as a musician, singer and songwriter.

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.

Faris Ishaq is a Palestinian Nay Master, Percussionist, and Composer who charts unexplored territories with the Nay, an ancient Middle Eastern flute dating back to 5000 B.C. Rooted in his Palestinian heritage and passion for the Nay, Faris celebrates its cultural legacy in today’s modern musical landscape.

Rihab Azar is a Syrian oud player, composer and community workshop leader, and graduate of the conservatoire of Damascus (2014).

Multifaceted artist and producer, ILĀ's work traverses ethereal non-binary vocal timbre, dense sonic textures and quantum data sonification. Their practice explores fluidity from personal identity through to socio-economic systems with a focus on physics, philosophy and technology. ILĀ has performed globally with recent commissions including UN/BOUND for Barbican Immersive "Feel the Sound" in collaboration with TRANS VOICES and MONOM, which launches in May 2025 and will tour internationally for 5 years. As co-founder/director of legendary choir London Contemporary Voices, ILĀ has worked with over 20 Grammy-winning artists including Florence and the Machine, Imogen Heap and U2. In 2022, they co-founded Trans Voices, the U.K.'s first professional trans+ choir.

A voice that seems to speak to us from the heart of the Estonian forest, Mari Kalkun’s music is at once of a place and deeply personal. Rooted in ancient Estonian and Võru traditions, and played on a variety of instruments including kannel, her music—for those of us with ears and hearts open—resonates deep within us to touch our spirits, our souls, even when the language is strange to us.

Marysia Osu is a Polish-born, London-based harpist, producer, and composer known for her innovative blend of classical, ambient, and jazz music. Her debut album, harp, beats & dreams, explores themes of philosophy, dreams, and the interplay between the conscious and unconscious mind. The album is an intimate journey into her inner world, composed as a series of diary-like entries that served her as a means of self-soothing and reflection. Fully self-produced, it documents her evolution as a solo composer and producer.

Yazz Ahmed, a British-Bahraini trumpet and flugelhorn player, seeks to blur the lines between jazz and electronic sound design, bringing together the sounds of her mixed heritage in what has been described as 'psychedelic Arabic jazz.' Her groundbreaking work has earned her prestigious accolades including the Ivor Novello Award for Innovation and Jazz FM's UK Jazz Act of the Year.

Konstantinos Glynos is a London-based kanun player. Drawing from his experiences of performing and studying in the diverse London music scene he performs music spanning from the Balkan and Greek to Turkish Arabic and Flamenco traditions as well as Medieval and Baroque Western music. He has collaborated with dancers, visual artists and composers, and he has performed in many world music festivals around the UK and Europe, as well as highly acclaimed UK venues such as Ronnie Scott's, Vortex, Jazz Cafe, BBC Broadcasting House, Richmix, Union Chapel, Minack theatre, The Place and others. He currently collaborates, performs and records with "The Turbans", "Tip the Waiter", "Lux Musicae London" and "Idrisi Ensemble" and he is about to release his first studio album with the band "Mandalakia" in March 2025.

Multi-instrumentalist, actress, singer, writer and educator, Anna Mudeka is a polymath proud to share the ancestral heritage of her native Zimbabwe through performance and workshops, inviting audiences of all ages, abilities and backgrounds to immerse themselves in sounds, spiritualism and fables of Africa. Steeped in the history and heritage of her Zimbabwean roots, Anna Mudeka conjures the rich cultural tapestry of sub-saharan Africa through an ever-evolving programme of creative projects. From her multi-talented solo theatrical and musical productions, to large scale choral performances and educational workshops, Anna’s mission is to engage and inspire audiences with the traditions, sounds and legends of her Shona forebears.

Garwyn Linnell is a Canadian born Welsh-Chinese cellist and musician with a deep passion for exploring diverse music genres, artistic collaborations, and innovative performance styles. After completing his classical performance studies at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany, and the Royal Academy of Music in London, Garwyn broadened his artistic horizons, embracing a wide range of creative expressions.