Described as an “intoxicating vocalist” (Vancouver Sun) with an “individually rigorous tone” (Ben Ratliff, New York Times), composer and vocalist Ayelet Rose Gottlieb is an international performer, an explorer of sound and a seeker of musical adventures. Her unique blend of jazz, middle-eastern & Jewish music, combined with her innovative approach to composition and improvisation has led her to fascinating collaborations. Ayelet has performed John Zorn’s music at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Improvised with vocal master Bobby McFerrin at Carnegie Hall;  She performed her compositions to erotic Biblical texts at a cave in the Israeli desert, and sung with Mycale (a-cappella quartet) at a butchery in Austria and in a golden church in Ecuador. Ayelet’s multilingual and multicultural approach is a constant thread through all of her work. Her new recording, “13 Lunar Meditations: Summoning the Witches” is her eleventh album as a bandleader or co-leader. Previous recordings include a collaboration with Anat Fort in an album of lullabies for all ages; with Pneuma quartet, Ayelet collaborates with three virtuoso clarinetists, drawing musical inspiration from poetry about the wind; in “Roadsides” she connected her eastern and western roots, combining the sound of the Oud with that of the euro-classical guitar and jazz piano.

A mother of three, Jerusalem-born and Montreal-based, Ayelet is the founder of  the “Orchard of Pomegranates” - a platform for workshops and self-produced concerts. Through her music, teaching, and facilitating, Ayelet cultivates community and connection. This year’s “Orchard of Pomegranates: Vocal Intensive II” included workshops by nine guest faculty over three days. Teachers included acclaimed vocalists Theo Bleckmann, Fay Victor, Sofìa Rei and Christine Duncan. 
For more information visit AyeletRose.com.

Horacio Valdivieso is a music producer, composer, and guitarist who researches, writes, and records new music based on the traditions of his native Ecuador and South America.

Cristóbal Piña es un guitarrista de jazz que se inició tempranamente como solista, arreglista, compositor y líder de conjuntos en la escena de fines de los años ’10 en Chile, período en que las guitarras volvieron a ocupar espacios en este campo musical. Piña pertenece a una generación en la que figuran otros solistas de las seis cuerdas, como Gonzalo Ostornol, Nicolás Reyes, Italo Aguilera y Tomás Gubbins, entre otros.
Actualmente reside en Quito, Ecuador

Luz Pinos (Ecuador) es una cantante y compositora independiente, que busca conectarse con el mundo a travez de sus canciones. Café con miel. su segunda y mas reciente discografía producida por Jose Luis Pardo tiene un aire muy pop, latino, fresco y un toque brasilero. Luz nos sigue cantando sobre sus experiencias humanas mas profundas y también las mas cotidianas. Un disco bailable, dulce y lleno de sentimiento.

Cristobal Piña Donoso is following