RENAUDIN PROJECT (France, Moldova)

Bertrand Renaudin - drums, percussion
Olivier Cahours - guitar acoustic
Anatol Stefanet - viola
Bertrand Renaudin and Olivier Cahours are well known in France for their wide concerts activity and involvement in many jazz projects. The original composition of this duo - acoustic guitar and drums - unites musicians in creation of an acoustic album that remarks an unusual melodic character. One of the 3 CD's of the duo -"L'Arbre Voyage" - Label Harmondia Mundi 2000 was awarded with the "Choc" prize of the Jazzman magazine.
The painter, percussionist, conductor and lyric composer Bertrand Renaudin is "Musician without boundaries' which " creates music that could be released yesterday or ten years ago or will be recorded in ten years". All Renaudin's projects testify to fidelity and validity of this affirmation. Anatol Stefanet - trio Trigon, Black Sea Orchestra.

MAGIC CARPATHIANS (Poland)
http://www.terra.art.pl/karpaty/

Marek Styczynski - chenai, didgeridoo, jew's harp
Anna Nacher - vocal, guitar
Jan Kubek - tabla, djemble
Magic Carpathians Project formed by Anna Nacher and Marek Styczynski has developed the Magic in four CD -"Ethnocore" - FLY Music "The Book of Utopy" and "Denega" - Obuh Records "Ethnocore 2: nytu" - Drunken Fish Records. They regularly run the workshops called "Biomusic" and "Reclaim the voice", which combine the art, music, theatre and restore at the same time deep contact with the energy and creative power of Nature. In 2001 The Magic Carpathians has toured the United States with success.

TATAR TRIO (Ukraine)

Enver Izmailov- guitar
Nariman Umerov - accordion
Lenie Izmailova - vocal
"Tatar Trio's music stylistically is ethno-jazz or world jazz. This music is a combination of many elements - jazz, Mediterranean and oriental folklore, classical harmony and astonishing virtuosity. Trio's repertoire matches with main theme of his leader creation, Super star, Legendary guitarist virtuous.
Enver Izmailov - an unique musician who invented "tapping" - a highly original technique of the electric guitar playing - knowing nothing about Stanley Jordan who invented the same in US at the same time. Enver Izmailov is the prizewinner of the First European International Guitarist Competition in 1995 in Switzerland. As a result he singed a publicity-endorsement contract with Garry Levinson's Blade Company, which produces special guitars for him The Honored artist of the Ukraine, Member of the Association of Ukrainian Jazz Musicians, is playing together with Nariman Umerov, Anatol Stefanet in the international ethno-jazz "Black Sea Orchestra" founded by the Okay Temiz and presented by United World Music Management , named by the press "all star band".
Lenie Izmailova - the debut appearance on stage of Festival Ethno-jazz trio was noticed by press: "Really, we were presented on the dawning of this new beautiful blond star and new contender of well-known Aziza Mustafa-Zadeh?" (Virgil Mihaiu, Contrafort)