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Jon Mortimer graduated from the Birmingham Conservatoire having studied composition, conducting and piano with the renowned concert pianist Frank Wibaut. He was always drawn to the diversity of music found in theatre, TV and film and directly after graduating in 1980, Jon served as Musical Director and Composer for the Birmingham Repertory Company. Productions included the play ‘The Triumph of Dea...

Eva Oskarsdottir, the Islandic Actress, director and producer, based in Vienna. She trained at Ivana Chubbuck’s Studio in LA and also had Meisner Technique, Grotowski, Le Theatre Laboratorium and Commedia Dell’Art, training in Austria. She regularly gives private acting lessons and attends international acting workshops. Currently she is training with The International Acting Studio, Adam Davenpor...

Themba Robin, an enthusiastic , young and talented South African who’s determined to bring his unique brand of comedy and wit to the entertainment industry. Originally from the coastal city of Port Elizabeth he now lives in the City of Gold rubbing shoulders and competing with the best in the industry . As an actor, he has worked on a variety of projects, from theater productions to films and tele...

South African based dramatic coloratura soprano, Michelle Veenemans, hailed as “The Nightingale of South Africa” by the South African media, regularly appears in numerous recitals, oratorio concerts, opera and operetta concerts and charity gala events collaborating with various South African orchestras, ensembles and accompanists. She is an admired exponent of oratorio, opera and operetta arias an...

Marion Schramm is a production designer and art director who has worked on numerous films, most prominently Verdingbub, Marcello Marcello , Akte Grüninger and Youth. After studying cinema and economics at the University of Zurich, she took up studies at the ETH Zurich and the UDK Berlin, qualifying as an architect (MSc ETH Arch). Whilst studying, she also started working in film, making a short mo...

Laurence B.Graham, Leadership development specialist and consultant is a former senior check Check Captain of the Airbus A350 / A340 / A330 Fleet in South Africa. With 25,000 flying hours Laurence has extensive experience in flying a wide range of aircraft, including the Boeing 747-400, Boeing 737-800, Airbus A350, A340, A330, and A300 series. Laurence is talking about his career as an airline pil...

"For more than 15 years Martin Kluge was a regular face on German television as a lead in 3 different television series. His first series, Stefanie, won the Golden Camera Award, and the last one he shot in Germany, St. Angela, ran for more than five years, enabling him to become a beloved antagonist. He also shot several international feature films, such as Tangier, with Armin Mueller Stahl, and f...

Hannalie Taute, an artist from South Africa, was a finalist in the ABSA l’Atelier exhibition and a nominee for the Fiesta awards in 2012, 2015 and 2017. She received the Kanna Award for best visual art production at the 2014 KKNK Arts Festival for her solo exhibition called Rubber ever after. In 2017 she represented South Africa at the Museum Rijswijk Textile Biennale in the Netherlands. Her work...

Magi Avila made her directorial debut with the multi-award winning, humorous, educational, and inspiring documentary "Altitude Not Attitude". It obtained north American distribution by Gravitas Ventures after winning 'Best Documentary' at the Spotlight Documentary Awards and Virgin Spring Cinefest. Altitude Not Attitude is a semi-finalist and official selection on 20 more film festivals, including...

David Eibl, Drummer: "I love my work for two main reasons: I love sound. Sounds shape songs. It makes a huge difference if the drum kit sounds open or tight, roomy or dry, warm and soft or sharp and cracking, saturated or clean, brilliant or dampened, close or distant, heavily compressed or with lots of air, and so much more and everything in between. I love to hear the unique performances when I...

"Sani Jalalzadeh is a Canadian-Persian bilingual actor, voice over artist, and dancer who grew up mainly in Toronto, and partially in Tehran. Sani officially started her acting career at the start of 2018 when she started her extensive training at the Toronto Film School’s Acting for Film, TV, and Theater after graduating from York University with a BA in Psychology. Since graduating on the Presid...

"Grammy Award winner, Mark S. Doss has sung with the major orchestras of San Francisco, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Chicago, Houston and Toronto, while additionally performing 102 roles with more than 60 major opera companies around the world, including Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, the Vienna State Opera, London’s Royal Opera Covent Garden, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Canadian O...

From a very young age, pointing his little finger to the planes in the sky, Loïc Jecker already showed his passion for aviation. His journey to start flying himself started in the Military in Switzerland and from there he continued his training as an airline Pilot. Loïc is talking about the dedication and motivation it takes to build up the hours to become an Airline pilot and also the sacrifices...

The Janzen Boys, a family trio from Winnipeg started playing music together from the very beginning, but it really only started as “The Janzen Boys” after they moved back to Canada in 2012 after a childhood spent in Japan. Mick was 9 years old and Simon was 12 and he wanted to try busking at The Forks in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Dad John likes to talk about how Mick would never sing when we played toge...

Cobus Toerien graduated from the South African Military Academy with a BMil degree and, after completing four operational tours on Impala and Mirage type aircraft, served as the Officer Commanding of 2 Squadron - The Flying Cheetahs - flying Cheetah aircraft for 5 years. In 1999, Cobus joined a large international airline as an Aircraft Accident Investigator, before heading up the department as th...

"Violinist Sebastian Leczky was born in Vienna, Austria, into a Hungarian family of musicians. Since the age of 10, he has performed regularly as a soloist and concertmaster with various orchestras. As a soloist and chamber musician, Sebastian performs regularly at renowned international festivals including the Musikverein Vienna, Konzerthaus Klagenfurt, Oper Burg Gars, Wiener Mozarthaus, MuTh Kon...

Kobus Rossouw, lighting designer, was born in South Africa. He has worked with many directors including Brett Bailey, Martinus Basson, Christine Crouse, Angelo Gobbato, Ilse van Hemert, Janice Honeyman, Geoffrey Hyland, Ralph Lawson, Roy Sargeant and Paul Stern. He most recently designed the lighting for Cape Town Opera’s Madama Butterfly (Puccini), Manon (Massenet), Show Boat (Kern), Treemonisha...

"Falling Astronauts" is a rising Indie pop duo that formed in 2020. Infusing classic indie pop sounds with folk-inspired elements, the pair is easily distinguishable by their bright guitar riffs, often capped with reversed and fading effects and the enchanting aesthetic of polyphonic vocals.

Laurence Winram is an environmental land artist based in Scotland, a fascination that began after attending the 2018 European Land Art Festival in Dunbar when he became inspired to create his own unique style of land art. Being a commercial and art photographer by trade has enabled Laurence to capture his pieces in superbly detailed images. His work is mainly ground-based mandala-like creations bu...

Conductor, composer, pianist and author, Frédéric Chaslin was born in Paris and educated at the Paris Conservatoire and the Salzburg Mozarteum. He divides his conducting activities equally between operatic and symphonic performances. Major recent appearences were two new productions of Tales of Hoffman in Dresden and Copenhagen. In the symphonic repertoire, he’s conducted all major french orchestr...

Ross hails from Linlithgow, West Lothian in central Scotland. He is a member of the world famous Red Hot Chilli Pipers. A World Champion piper, Ross began piping aged 7 and was the Pipe Major of the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland. He is currently a member of the Grade 1 Inveraray and District Pipe Band. He graduated with a First Class Honours Degree in Traditional Music - Piping from the Roy...

"Life On Marzj is a talented female Dutch artist (Maartje Simons) who has transitioned from being a drummer to becoming an innovative augmented reality (AR) artist. With a passion for combining animation and music, Life On Marzj has created an entirely new art form that immerses viewers in a captivating digital world. In addition to creating solo works, Life On Marzj frequently collaborates with o...

Colin is a AL based musician who specializes in hammered dulcimer, steel pans, and percussion. Known for his unique style of playing, Colin mixes elements from a variety of genres in his music. These include classical, jazz, Irish folk, African, Brazilian, Cuban, Caribbean, and various others. Colin picked up the hammered dulcimer in November of 2013 and has since used his growth as a musician to...

The actor, singer and producer is a well-known face in the local entertainment industry. Bouwer Bosch is one of the most accomplished and multi-talented figures in the Afrikaans community. The latter has a well-established music career, and he has a history in being the lead singer in an award-winning band. Bouwer finds peace in releasing music, and he has composed most of his songs. He is also pa...

"I think now it's not about singing that much. It's about knowing yourself, know who you are, what you can do, what you cannot do and what do you like. Just knowing yourself, the good and the bad. For me the biggest challenge is to be honest to myself, and through my honesty standing on a stage, delivering something, this is the most difficult."