Elina Duni: voice, piano, guitar, percussion

Robin Williamson: vocals, harp, guitar, whistles
Mat Maneri: viola, violin
Paul Dunmall: tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet, border pipes, ocarina, moxeño
Ale Möller: mandola, lute, hammered dulcimer, shawm, clarino, drone flutes, natural flutes, bamboo flutes, vibraphone
Mick Hutton: double-bass

Marc Sinan: guitar, Yelena Kuljic: vocals, Lena Thies: viola, Julia Hülsmann: piano, Marc Muellbauer: double-bass, Heinrich Köbberling: drums, percussion

Fasil, based on an idea by guitarist Marc Sinan and author Marc Schiffer, tells of the life of Aisha, the great love and youngest wife of the prophet Mohammed, in the course of an inspired song cycle. The improvisations take as their inspirational starting point fragments of Koran recitations recorded by Marc Sinan in Turkey. Together with Julia Hülsmann’s songs they form an Ottoman suite, a Fasil. Highlights in this transcultural project include exceptional performances by Sinan himself, and by Yelena Kuljić in the role of Aisha. The singer was recently described by the Frankfurter Rundschau as “the most thrilling new voice in the current jazz scene.”

Kit Downes: Organs
Tom Challenger: Tenor Saxophone
 

Mona Boutchebak: vocals, oud; Jon Balke; piano, keyboards, percussion; Derya Turkan: kamanche;  Pedram Khavar Zamini: tombak; Helga Norbakken: percussion; Bjarte Eike: baroque violin; Alison Luthmers: violin; Øivind Nussle: violin; Milos Valent: viola; Per Buhre: viola: Torbjørn Köhl: viola; Judith Maria Blomsterberg: cello; Mime Brinkmann: cello; Johannes Lundberg: bass 

Himiko Paganotti: voice;  Michael Mantler: trumpet;  David Helbock: piano 

Max Brand Ensemble

Annegret Bauerle: flute; Peter Tavernaro: oboe; Gregor Narnhofer: clarinet;  Eberhard Reiter: bass clarinet;  Balduin  Wetter: French horn; Tobias Ennemoser: tuba; Joanna Lewis: violin; Simon Frick: violin; Simon Schellnegger: viola; Arne Kircher: cello; Tibor Kövesdi: bass; Sun Yi: vibraphone, marimba

Conducted by Christoph Cech

Björn Meyer: bass guitar