Accordionist Tuur Florizoone (°1978) hasvery quickly grown into the most adored musician in Flanders. With anirresistibly stylish stage presence, the Belgian accordionist Tuur Florizoone(°1978) set out to prove that his unusual instrument is capable of a lot morethan your regular street corner shenanigans. Jazz is only one of the many typesof music this musical world citizen has in his kit bag. The fact that he iscomfortable in pop as well as in world music is obvious from the endless listof names with whom he has shared the stage or the recording studio: PhilipCatherine, Carlos Nunez, Alfredo Marcucci, Zahava Seewald, Chris Joris, RoccoGranata, Jo Lemaire, … In 2008, during the prestigious World Soundtrack Awards(Ghent), the public were completely enamoured with his passionate score for theFlemish movie Aanrijding in Moscou (directed by Christophe Van Rompaey). Thesoundtrack's international success leads us to believe that Tuur is well on hisway to becoming our own Yann Tiersen. Melancholic and simple melodies that leadinto an all-embracing palette of emotions and colours are Tuur's forte. Makingas much music as possible with as few resources as possible. No wonder heprefers the intimacy of a trio. To name a few of Florizoone’s bands: hebewitched the public with Tricycle (alongside Vincent Noiret and PhilippeLaloy. (Check www.tricycle.be ), he is setto seduce once more with his somewhat curious, but energetic trio,‘Massot/Florizoone/Horbaczewski’. Or, how the opulence of a symphony orchestracan hide within the reduced combination of an accordion, a cello and a tuba. www.myspace.com/massotflorizoonehorbaczewski.

He plays solo concerts all over Europe andbeyond and he plays in different other bands like ‘José’, with Nic Thys,Laurent Blondiau, Tutu Puoane, Chris Joris. Or aNoo, with the Finish singer AnuJunnonen.

www.tuurflorizoone.be

Vladimir Vysotski (b. 1982) pianist, composer, electronic musician. Studied classical and jazz piano at Helsinki Pop & Jazz Konservatorio, Polytechnics Stadia and Estonian Music Academy. His music style can best be described as eclectic – getting inspiration from many sources and freely bringing different music styles together to create a fresh new sound.

Vysotski plays in several jazz, funk and experimental bands in the Estonian music scene. The music of his band Xpress Quartet www.myspace.com/xpressquartet incorporates elements of jazz, fusion and pop, creating extremely energetic and positive vibe.
The band Eclectic Stories founded in collaboration with Brian Melvin (perc) and Kristjan Mazurtchak (sax) mixes together Indian music rhythms with Nordic jazz sounds. The band Club Eclectic, featuring brilliant jazz, soul and house music singer Sofia Rubina, actively uses live electronica on stage, blending together acoustic samples and electronic beats with live performance. Both bands' music samples are available at www.myspace.com/wysotski.

Cheng-Ying Chuang - Countertenor/Chinese lutenist. Taiwanese Cheng-Ying Chuang is a musician in both Chinese and Western classical music. The fact that he has won numerous awards in both Classical voice and Chinese lute music in both East and Western makes him hard to be defined. He was awarded BS in Horticulture from National Taiwan University in 1997, Master of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning from the University of Pennsylvania in 2003, and Master of Vocal Music Performance from Birmingham Conservatoire in 2007. The major music awards he won are the 1st prizes of Taiwan Music Competition of Liuqin solo in 1991 and of Chinese Orchestra in 1996 conducting the National Taiwan University Chinese Orchestra, winner in Taipei Philharmonic Foundation’s the 4th Voice Competition 2004, the 2nd prize in Cecil Drew Oratorio Prize 2006 at Birmingham Conservatoire, and the New Star 2008 in the National Concert Hall in Taiwan.Owing to his background in science, art, landscape, architecture, and music, he performs music not only with the refined Chinese/Western classical music elements but also with the opened mind and historical knowledge towards world cultures in order to communicate with world audience of diverse backgrounds. Currently residing in London, he plays/sings as a soloist, with his group Musitonik Ensemble, or with diverse world musicians/music groups/performing artists in the UK and Taiwan. He worked with artists of different styles, which include Jazz, Chinese folk/classical, Beijing Opera, Scottish folk, Indian Light Classical (singer and tabla player), British Pop, Electronics, Jewish folk, Western Early and Classical Music. The artists in other art forms he has worked with include Indian Kathah dancer, Chinese folk dancer, Contemporary/ballet dancer, animator, film maker…etc. He is a member of London Symphony Chorus and Crouch End Festival Chorus. Future project includes “Piccadilly Revisited”, a silent film which will be recreated on music with Western classical/opera, Chinese folk/classical, and Western Pop features in the Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House in March 2010; a solo recital in Asian Music Circuit, London in May 2010.The music groups/ musicians he works with include: Scottish Philharmonic Orchestra, Asian Music Circuit in London, Taipei Philharmonic Chorus/Youth Orchestra, London Chamber Music Company and its director Mark Troop, Edinburgh iMAP Ensemble (Intercultural Music and Arts Projects) and its artistic director/composer Kimho Ip, Glasgow Harmony Ensemble and its director/composer Eddie McGuire, Blur singer Damon Albarn, South African violinist Willem Mathlener, composer Mark Lockett, Indian light classical singer Sanchita Pal, guitarist Liz Larner, organist Sam Austin, London Symphony Chorus, Crouch End Festival Chorus, Silk String Quartet, Silk & Bamboo Ensemble…etc.The venues and festivals he performed recently include: Roundhouse in London, Barbican Centre, Taiwanese National Concert Hall, The Forge in London, British Museum, British National Portrait Gallery, Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland, The Confucius Institute for Scotland,  Edinburgh Mela Fesitval, Glasgow Oran Mor, Bielefeld University in Germany, Recital Hall in Birmingham, Birmingham IKON Gallery, Birmingham ArtsFest, St Martin in the Bullring, Birmingham Cathedral, Buxton Festival, Gwyl Pontardawe Festival…etc.