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Hein Westgaard

Born: March 4, 1996

Hein Westgaard is a guitarist, improviser and composer from Oslo, currently based in Copenhagen.  He can be heard in the post-minimalistic quartet Ototoi, his own genre bending project Hein Westgaard Trio, in ad-hoc free improvised constellations, or in the solo acoustic guitar format where he focuses on his own instrumental songs in the fingerpicking tradition.

The members of Hein Westgaard Trio met in Copenhagen in 2017, and since then they have deepened and matured their unique form of interplay, preparing themselves for the international stage. 

Playing their very own kind of experimental music, Hein Westgaard Trio is clearly inspired by free improvisation and jazz, but also by country, rock, folk and classical music

Roy Ben Bashat

Born: April 7, 2000

Guitarist, composer, and songwriter born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel. Roy Ben Bashat was recognized as a prodigy from a young age and was accepted into the jazz music department at the prestigious Thelma Yelin school for the arts. During high school, he played with renowned jazz artists in Israel and performed at local venues and festivals. In 2017, he was granted a full schoarship from Berklee College of Music, and relocated to Boston in 2018. 

Roy Ben Bashat graduated from Berklee College of Music and moved to Brooklyn, NY in 2022. Shortly after moving to NYC, Ben Bashat started playing with some of the Jazz leaders in the city, including Luis Perdomo, Eric McPherson, Lex Korten, Noah Preminger, among others. 

David Andish

Born: October 18, 1984

Born on October 18, 1984, in Lusaka, Zambia, David Andish grew up in a loving family of five. From a young age, he found solace and inspiration in music, a passion that would shape his life's trajectory. It was at Jacaranda Basic School where young David discovered his profound love and passion for music in the year 2000 at the age of 16. He embarked on his musical journey after joining Praise Christian Centre, where he would worship and serve God through music to this day. It was during this time that he picked up the guitar, igniting a spark that would fuel his musical career.

Kenny Reichert

Born: November 12, 1992

Kenny Reichert is an award-winning guitarist, composer, bandleader, and educator whose innovative approach to the instrument has earned him recognition from DownBeat Magazine as “a distinctive player and composer.” Originally from Brookfield, Wisconsin, Reichert began his musical journey with piano, guitar, and organ before attending Berklee College of Music and later completing his studies in Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He holds a Master of Music in Jazz Studies from DePaul University and was honored as a 2022 Luminarts Cultural Foundation Jazz Improvisation Fellow.

James Robinson

Born: July 15, 1964

"The 12th of 13 children, Silicon Valley raised virtuoso James Robinson was blessed to have the guitarisma in his DNA, with six of his eight brothers playing guitar and offering him a wide array of inspirations and access to top instructors from an early age. Legendary three-time Grammy winning hard rock/metal maestro Steve Vai once gushed of Robinson’s multi-faceted talents for Latin, World, Jazz, Flamenco, Middle Eastern, Rock, “He’s phenomenal,” and he should know. Vai signed him to his Favoured Nations Acoustic label for the release of Colours in 2005. Larry Carlton expressed “James is an extraordinary talent that deserves to be heard.”

Mohammad Basereh

Born: August 20, 1996

Mohammad Basereh | Composer, psychologist

محمد باسره | آهنگساز،روانشناس

Mohammad Basereh (born August 20, 1996, in Ilam, Iran) is an Iranian composer, music producer, sound engineer, sound designer, and psychologist. He holds an advanced degree in Psychology and has a history of publishing scientific articles in this field. He began his professional music career in 2011, completing specialized courses with renowned professors such as Fereydoon Shahbazyan (composition), Mohammad Reza Azadehfar (art and music therapy), and Nader Mashayekhi (film soundtrack). As a composer and producer of fusion music, he uses interactive technologies in his creative works. His compositions include soundtracks for films and theater productions that have been featured in national and international festivals. In his research and artistic works, he has integrated the scientific principles of psychology with the art of music.

According to the Sound

Active since: 2019

Adam and Patrick met as composition students in their first week at Birmingham Conservatoire. Since then, they have worked consistently, writing, and recording music in a variety of musical styles ranging from Jazz (mainly) to electronica and rap. A key feature of their music is their close collaboration with musicians in Bristol and in the US, particularly in New York and their consistent use of Studios in Bristol, in London (Premises studio, Alchemy mastering) and New York (The Bunker studio) in order to focus their sound. They are currently working on their third album.

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Hallgrim Bratberg

Born: August 16, 1969

Hallgrim Bratberg (b. 1969) is a guitarist based in Oslo, Norway. He used to be a sideman for Norwegian singer/songwriters such as Kari Bremnes, Anne Grete Preus and Silje Nergaard, but these days his main focus is composing and performing his own music.

Jose Luis Castro

I am a musician, producer, sound designer and composer for video games, film and television. I was born in Mexico City. At an early age I learned to play  guitar on my own and a couple of years later I started taking music theory and performance classes with the maestro Roberto Méndez.

In 2012 I continued my theoretical and practical studies in Pasadena, California where I was a student of virtuoso guitarist Uros Raskovski and legendary vocalist Oren Waters, who has sung on records such as Muse's The 2nd Law and Michael Jackson's Thriller.

In 2013 I continued my studies at Berklee College of Music in the city of Boston. Focusing on arrangement, composition, production and sound design.

Ron Bosse

Boston-based guitarist and composer Ron Bosse has appeared throughout the United States and Canada, and has performed and recorded with jazz greats Dave Liebman, Bob Mintzer, Lil’ John Roberts, Jeff Lorber, Norman Brown, Ben Shepherd, Gary Novak, MonoNeon, Hadrien Feraud, Jimmy Haslip, Sonny Emory, Bob Reynolds, Mike Stern, George Garzone and Jerry Bergonzi. Ron has been praised for his work in Jazz Times, Downbeat, Jazz Now, Guitar Player Magazine, the Boston Globe and the New York Times.

A graduate of Boston’s prestigious Berklee College of Music, Ron has been an active player and bandleader for many years. In 1994, he was voted “Outstanding Guitarist” by Guitar Player Magazine who called him “a master in the making.”