Performer Biographies

Plucked Strings

  

Bowed Strings

  

Percussion
Matthew Montfort Thumbnail Habib Khan Thumbnail Shenshen Zhang Thumbnail Zhao Hui Thumbnail Bui Huu Nhut Thumbnail Georges Lammam Thumbnail Patti Weiss Thumbnail Jim Hurley Thumbnail Moses Sedler Thumbnail Ian Dogole Thumbnail Salah Takesh Thumbnail
Matthew Montfort
(bandleader, scalloped guitar) 		Pandit Habib Khan
(sitar) 		Shenshen Zhang (pipa) Zhao Hui
(gu zheng) 		Bui Huu Nhut
(dan bau) 		Georges Lammam
(Arabic violin, vocal) 		Patti Weiss
(violin) 		Jim Hurley
(violin) 		Moses Sedler
(cello) 		Ian Dogole
(global percussion		 Salah
(Arabic percussion)

Percussion (Cont.)

 

 

 

  
Salah Takesh Thumbnail Faisal Zedan Thumbnail Faisal Zedan Thumbnail Vishal Nagar Thumbnail Aditya Kalyanpur Thumbnail Ferhan Qureshi Thumbnail Jim Owen Thumbnail Arshad Syed Thumbnail Debopriyo Sarkar Thumbnail Tapan Bhattacharya Thumbnail Emam Thumbnail
Antoine Lammam
(Arabic percussion)		 Abbos Kosimov (Uzbek percussion) Faisal Zedan (Middle Eastern percussion) Vishal Nagar (tabla) Aditya Kalyanpur (tabla) Ferhan Qureshi (tabla)
 Jim Santi Owen
(tabla, ghatam)		 Arshad Syed
(santur, tabla)		 Debopriyo Sarkar
(tabla)		 Tapan Bhattacharya (tabla) Emam
(tabla, percussion)

Vocals

Keys

Winds

 

 

Multi

 

Dance
Irina Mikhailova Thumbnail Doug McKeehan Thumbnail Mindia Devi Thumbnail Manose Singh Thumbnail Liu Qi-Chao Thumbnail   Bui Huu Nhut Thumbnail Mohammed Nejad Thumbnail Alan Tower Thumbnail Benjy Wertheimer Thumbnail Estara Mask Thumbnail Sapphira Thumbnail
Irina Mikhailova
(vocals)		 Doug McKeehan
(keyboards)		 Mindia Devi Klein
(flutes, gamelan)		 Manose Singh
(Himalayan bamboo flutes)		 Liu Qi-Chao
(Chinese winds) 		  Mariah Parker
(santur, piano) 		Mohammed Nejad
(Persian instruments)		 Alan Tower
(didjeridu, guitar, huaca)		 Benjy Wertheimer
(tabla, esraj, vocals)		 Estara
(dance)		 Sapphira
(world dance, violin)