Performer Biographies

Plucked Strings

Matthew Montfort
(bandleader, guitars)
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Zhao Hui
(gu zheng)
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Bui Huu Nhut
(dan bau)
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Bowed Strings

Georges Lammam
(Arabic violin, vocal)
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Patti Weiss
(violin)
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Jim Hurley
(violin)
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Moses Sedler
(cello)
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World Percussion

Ian Dogole
(global percussion)
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Salah
(Arabic percussion)
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Antoine Lammam
(Arabic percussion)
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Abbos Kosimov
(Uzbek percussion)
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Faisal Zedan
(Middle Eastern percussion)
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Indian Percussion

Jim Santi Owen
(tabla, ghatam)
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Emam
(tabla)
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Arshad Syed
(tabla, santur)
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D. Sarkar
(tabla)
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Winds & Breath

Mindia Devi Klein
(flutes, gamelan)
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Manose Singh
(Nepali flutes)
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Liu Qi-Chao
(Chinese winds)
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Keys

Doug McKeehan
(keyboards)
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Mariah Parker
(piano, santur)
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Multi

Mohammed Nejad
(Persian instruments)
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Alan Tower
(didjeridu, guitar, huaca)
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Benjy Wertheimer
(tabla, esraj, vocals)
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Dance

Sapphira
(world dance, violin)
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Estara
(dance)
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