Sepehr Pirasteh (b. 1993) is a composer and conductor born in Shiraz, Iran. His compositions draw on Persian classical and folk as well as contemporary classical music vocabularies to express his concerns and fears about the political and social realities of the world we are living in.

Lex Korten is a performer and composer from New York City who has become a defining pianist of his generation in the contemporary Jazz community, gathering accolades from worldwide audiences, publications and great luminary figures alike. Lauded by The New York Times, All About Jazz and other outlets for his charismatic, vulnerable improvisatory approach and unquestionable musicianship, Korten unyieldingly seeks to nurture a deeper multi-directional experience between artists and listeners, and to honor his adopted home among the great Black American Musical art forms. For more info about Lex, please visit www.lexkorten.com/bio

Composer inspired by the connections between music, nature, and science.

Featured in National Geographic and on CBS Sunday Morning.

Author of Birdsong: A Musical Field Guide, available on Amazon.

Graduate of the Hanns Eisler School of Music, Juilliard, and Manhattan School of Music.

Photo credit: Anna Baptist

Violonista erudito e integrante do Duo Cancionâncias.

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