New Zealand born and raised Soprano Aivale Cole is now based in London, United Kingdom.  She loves and appreciates all kinds of music.  

She loves opera! She loves Jazz!  She loves Christian music too!  

Enjoy!!

Glen Hartmann is a South African producer and songwriter who resides in London, United Kingdom. His music is dipped richly in an eclectic mix of influences, which reflect both his diverse South African cultural upbringing and his experiences in his current home of London. These influences span across pop, dance, electronic, hip hop, R&B and acoustic genres. Glen is able to write and produce in each of these styles.
 “The thriving and ever evolving music scene in our world today excites me and is like my playground in a sense. This is the place for me to discover new opportunities, try new things and really get stuck into the industry that has so much to offer”, Glen says. “There’s so much happening across the world, and there are so many people who are so passionate about making this industry work … and I think it’s quite special.”  Having been previously featured in numerous major South African publications including People Magazine SA and News 24, among others, Glen has also made appearances on TV shows such as SABC’s 'The Hectic Nine9 Show' and 'The Expresso Show', as well as receiving airplay on radio stations like 5FM, KFM and East Coast Radio.  Citing hitmakers like Marshmello and The Chainsmokers as major influences within his music, Glen is well on his way to craft a whole new musical story through the world’s diverse soundscape. For in a constantly evolving industry that is bent on breaking its own boundaries, Glen Hartmann aims to utilise his environment to craft a sound that is completely his own.

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Born in London, Bushra El-Turk has written over 50 works for the concert hall, the stage, film, TV and live art performance. Her work is often defined by the integration of musics and musicians from different cultural traditions, and the compulsion to highlight and challenge socio-cultural issues. Her works blur written and improvisational elements, forbearing the influence of her Lebanese roots all the while leaning towards the theatrical, creating works that are '...ironic...', '...arresting...' and of 'limitless imagination'.

Selected by the BBC as one of the most inspiring 100 Women of today, her pieces have been performed by the London Symphony Orchestra,  the BBC Proms, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Royal Opera House, London Sinfonietta, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG), Manchester Camerata, Opera Holland Park, National Opera Studio, OrchestUtopica (Portugal), Athelas Sinfonietta (Denmark) Hermes Ensemble (Belgium), Orchestre National de Lorraine (France), Latvian Radio Choir, Ensemble Saraband (Germany), Atlas Ensemble, Ensemble Zerafin, Orkest de ereprijs (Holland), Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra, Lunatics at Large (USA) and Wissam Boustany. Performances have been at venues including the Lincoln Centre (New York), Deutsche Oper Haus (Berlin), Bridgewater Hall (Manchester), Birmingham Symphony Hall, Cadogan Hall, the Southbank and the Barbican (London). 

She completed an AHRC funded PhD in Musical Composition at the University of Birmingham under the supervision of Michael Zev Gordon where she explored the integration of Middle-Eastern and Western art music. 

2019 saw the world premiere of Tmesis for Symphony Orchestra, performed by the BBCSO at the Dubai Opera House at the BBC Proms Opening night and was excited to be commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra again to perform Tuqus for multi ability orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, a London Sinfonietta commission and a piece for Studio Dan, commissioned by the MusikProtokol festival in Gratz. 

For 2021, Bushra has contributed to the curation of a new opera festival called All Arias Bienniale Festival 2021 with Opera Ballet Vlaandern, DeSingel Antwerp, LOD Musiektheater, Concertgebauw Brugge and Musiektheater Transparent where she is Guest Artist and face of the festival. Woman at Point Zero Opera will premiere during this festival, as well as a Concergebauw Brugge commission based on their Angel Series, amongst other works by Bushra. In addition, Bushra has been co-commissioned by Orchestre de Chambre de Paris and Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier to write a concertino for Taegum and orchestra, performed by Hyelim Kim which will premiere in the 2021/2022 Season.

Bushra's music is published by Composers Edition and is artistic director of Ensemble Zar. 

February 2021

David Chisholm is internationally recognized as a composer defined by diverse and hybrid collaboration and a curator and producer of vision and courage. He was composer in residence for Philip Adams’ BalletLab and an Associate Artist for Malthouse Theatre, before becoming the founder and director of the highly acclaimed Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music and its roster ensemble Argonaut. David has been an artist in residencee at HIAP in Helsinki, EMPAC in New York, Centre Intermondes in La Rochelle and Camargo Foundation in Cassis. He was the first Australian composer to be a featured guest of the Encuentro Internacional de Compositores in Santiago, Chile. David was an inaugural recipient of the Victorian Government’s Creator Grants. He holds a PhD from University of Melbourne and is currently Urumatua o te whare o ngā pukōrero pūoro|Head of the School of Music at Waipapa Taumata Rau|University of Auckland, Aotearoa|New Zealand.  A member of SOUNZ and the Australian Music Centre, David is published by Babel Scores, Paris.

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