Ajítẹnà (aka Marco Scarassatti)
Ajítẹnà Marco Scarassatti is an ọmọ awo Ifá and a sound artist whose work intersects listening practices with composition, improvisation, and pedagogy. He is a professor of Musical Composition at UFMG (Federal University of Minas Gerais) and the author of the book Walter Smetak, the Alchemist of Sounds.
Arícia Ferigato
Arícia Ferigato is a professional harpist, PhD in musical performance (UFMG), and an improviser, composer, and researcher. She works across various realms of improvised music, moving primarily between free experimental and jazz, with influences from avant-garde, free jazz, and spiritual jazz.
Audréanne Filion
Audréanne Filion is a canadian cellist, composer, and improviser. Mainly working in contemporary and experimental music, she has premiered numerous works by composers such as Sarah Davachi. She is part of the string quartet Mémoire and has a solo project combining electroacoustics and live cello.
Burkhard Beins
Burkhard Beins is a Berlin-based composer/performer who is working in the fields of experimental music and sound art. He is best-known for his definitive use of percussion in combination with selected sound objects. Furthermore, he plays bass guitar, works with live-electronics/analog synthesizers.
Cadós Sanchez
Cadós Sanchez (b. 1982) researches and creates instruments, installations, objects, and performances in the fields of experimental music and sound art. These works are often developed for public spaces, exhibitions, and live performances, as well as through audiovisual formats.
Emilio Gordoa
Emilio Gordoa (b. 1987, Mexico City) is a Berlin-based sound artist, percussionist, and composer active in the international avant-garde scene. His work spans solo and ensemble performance, installations, and scores for film and dance. He founded WildSonico and has played major festivals worldwide.
Fanny Lasfargues (aka Nyfa)
A sound explorer with groove as her anchor, she transfigures her bass with objects and electronic treatments. On the fringes of experimental ambient, Fanny Lasfargues invents a new kind of electroacoustic music, revealing a “world-instrument” populated by new references and electronic poetry.
Henrique Iwao
Henrique Iwao (Botucatu, 1983) has been developing his own set of instruments since 2008 — an amplified board used to perform musical sound design. He is a member of Seminal Records and organizes the “Quartas de Improviso” in Belo Horizonte. He recently released the book “Prosódia musical, jogos etc”.
Juçara Marçal
Juçara Marçal is a singer and songwriter. She is part of the trio MetáMetá and has previously been a member of the groups Vésper Vocal and A Barca. In 2014, she released her solo album ENCARNADO. The album won several awards, including the APCA Award – Best Album of 2014, the Governor of the State Award – Best Album – Jury’s Choice, and the Multishow Award for Shared Music.Juçara Marçal released her new solo album Delta Estácio Blues in September 2021, produced by Kiko Dinucci. Delta Estácio Blues won the Super Jury award for Best Album of 2021 at the Multishow Awards, and the song Crash was named Best Song. The album was also selected by APCA (São Paulo Association of Art Critics) as the best album of 2021. In 2022, Juçara was nominated for the Latin Grammy Awards in the Rock and Alternative Music category.
Julia Teles
Julia Teles is a theremin player, composer, and sound designer. She holds a degree in Musical Composition from Unesp and a master’s from PUC-SP, where she conducted research on gesture and the theremin. Her work spans composition, sound art, soundtracks, improvisation, as well as sound mixing.
Marcelo Muniz
Luthier and sound artist, graduated in Physics and PhD in Neuroscience and Behavior with research focused on psychoacoustics and musical cognition. Since 2014 he has partnered with Cadós Sanchez on projects focused on performance, experimental luthiery and sound art.
Maria Beraldo
Maria Beraldo is a composer, singer, instrumentalist, and musical director, and one of the most prominent queer voices in the contemporary music scene. She has just released her latest work, Colinho, following her debut with CAVALA (2018). Since 2019, she has been the musical director for Felipe Hirsch’s theater productions and has also composed soundtracks for films.
Martina Berther
Martina Berther is a Swiss bassist and sound artist based in Zurich. She explores experimental music on electric bass using preparations, objects and effects. She tours internationally with her solo project and bands like Ester Poly and AUL, and composes for film, theatre and installations.
Negro Leo
Negro Leo is an artist from Maranhão, Brazil. With 12 albums released since 2012, he has performed on prestigious stages around the world, such as Cafe OTO (London), Counterflows Festival (Glasgow), ADR at Lincoln Center (New York), NRMAL Festival (Mexico City), and Virada Cultural Paulista (São Paulo).
Podeserdesligado
Podeserdesligado is a music producer and sound artist. With roots in Afro-diasporic rhythms, her work moves between music, performing arts, and visual arts, through concerts, soundtracks, performances, and installations. She has participated in the BoCA Biennial and, with the group MEXA, have performed on renowned stages in Brazil and abroad.
Tizia Zimmermann
Tizia Zimmermann wanted to be a musician since she first held an accordion in her hand. She studied classical music with Teodoro Anzellotti. Besides contemporary music she plays in many free improvised formations and has the concert series It happens when it happens and the label Wide Ear Records.
Violeta García
Violeta García is a cellist, composer, and improviser based between Bern, Buenos Aires, and Barcelona. Her visceral performances conjure raw soundscapes of noise, ritual, and emotion. With an MA from HKB, she leads TVL-REC, plays in Blanco Teta. Her last LP published by Bongo Joe records (CH).