Afif Jazz

It's a classic jazz fusion story: two Lebanese brothers raised in the vibrant Beirut scene, a youthful fascination with oriental rhythm and a more mature obsession with the pioneers of jazz past and present. Brothers Rony (Drums) and Elie (Double Bass) make up AFIF - a name now totally synonymous with jazz in the ...

Aerial Silk

Carol Thorns

South Africa's leading electric cellist, Carol Thorns has been performing locally and internationally for over a decade. Armed with her striking red cello, she has won fans in India, Dubai and the UK where she was awarded a 4-star rating for her popular show 'Red Cello Electrified' at the Edinburgh Fringe, the lar...

Diana Pandova

Diana Pandova was born in 1983. In 2008 she graduated harp and pedagogy with master degree in the National Academy of Music "Pancho Vladigerov" in the class of professor Malina Hristova and Denitza Dimitrova. She also took part at the master class of Claudia Antonely (Italy), Elizabeth Fonten-Binoche (France), Kat...

DJ Chris Rayner

*Click "Show More" to hear mixes from DJ Chris Rayner's Soundcloud* Chris got his first taste for DJing on the radio, presenting a dance show on his college station, Network 205. Inspired, he soon acquired his own turntables, a pair of belt-driven decks given to him as a 17th birthday present. A year later, and f...

Hamami Trio

Most great musical alliances start with a lucky meeting and Lidia bumped into the legendary Syrian violinist Mohamad Hamami during filming of a TV promotional set. As they were packing up their instruments, a guest jokingly requested some Dabkeh (Arabic dance music), and with the magical voice of Mohamad's brother...

Harjoot Singh

At only 20 years old and with a Bachelor's Degree in the Harp and a Masters in Viola from the prestigious Johannesgasse University in Vienna, Harjoot has already had an impressive career for such a young performer. Taking centre stage at numerous concertos and operas in both Austria and her native Germany, she was...

Haruka

In 2010, after only 2 years in Dubai, Haruka was chosen by Gulf News' Friday Magazine as the only musician to be featured in an interview article about success stories in the country. Growing up in Japan, she took up the violin at age 4 and the piano at age 5. Her constant desire to expand as a musician pushed her...

ICE

Individually they've pretty much played the world. Pasha Cazan is a Moldovian violin star who's toured the big philharmonic halls of Europe. Haruka has a Master's in Jazz Violin, she's mesmerised crowds in New York and Boston as well as her native Japan. Cellist Aaron Kim was brought up in Seoul, he's played with ...

Judy Brown

Judy Brown is one of South Africa's most sought-after saxophonists and is set to push musical boundaries with her forthcoming debut dance album, Liquid Sax. She has featured at numerous high-profile events around South Africa, as a soloist and in collaboration with some of the country's top performers. Judy has ...

Khalil Ghadri

Khalil Ghadri is one of the most accomplished Kanoun players in the Middle East - his style mixes traditional Arabic elements with western tinges for a sound that is wholly unique to his instrument.

Lidia Stankulova

Lidia Stankulova has enjoyed a million notes over the years, but the most important one of her life was not hers, in fact it wasn't even a musical note. It was made of paper and stuck to a classroom door when Lidia was 11. It was from a harp teacher looking for new students. Lidia already had a gift for music, g...

Lisa Theunissen

Beginning her career in musical theatre, Lisa made the stage her home from a very young age. Originally from South Africa but also working in Europe and Asia for the last 14 years not only as a performer, but also as an exceptional singer-songwriter, voice-over artist, actor and session vocalist for studio. Since...

Louise Carver

Louise signed her first record deal with the independent label, Silver Tulip Music at fifteen. She released her debut single at seventeen entitled, "It Don't Matter" It became an instant hit and reached no.3 on the 5FM top 40 Louise released her first album, "Mirrors and Windows" which delivered another top 10 h...

Melisa Le Rue

Melisa Le Rue is a soul songstress influenced by Jazz, world music & hip-hop. Born on the same date as Salvador Dali, she shares his fetish for creativity and self-expression. Melisa started playing the piano at 4 and by the age of 11 was writing songs over the piano. Coming from a family of school teachers on he...

Rachael Calladine

With a career spanning over 20 years Rachael Calladine brings a vast and versatile night of entertainment to your event. Originally from the UK she is regarded as one of the country's top Soul and Jazz vocalists. UK appearances include over 25 shows at world famous Jazz club Ronnie Scotts, London (with her own...

The Rome 'antiques

The Rome 'antiques are a charming Jazz outfit created by Melisa Le Rue (vocalist/ songwriter) and Stoyan Stoyanov (pianist/ composer). Performing beloved 1920's- 1950's jazz standards from blues, to bossa, samba to swing; The Rome 'antiques will make you fall in love again with timeless music. With a signature sty...

Shelley Frost

Shelley is a well known harpist that has been based in Dubai since 1997. On graduating from the University of Cape Town with a B.Mus degree, Shelley held the position of principal harpist with the Natal Philharmonic Orchestra in Durban, South Africa, for three years. Then followed post-graduate study in Lyon, Fr...

Sol'Eclectic

Sol'Eclectic is rooted in sisterhood and built on the Philosophy of having a good time! Bold, beautiful, smart and sassy, these 3 ladies give you something out of the box. You won't be disappointed. DJ Lady Red mixes across genres from Funk, Hip-hop, Arabic, Samba, House & Soul, with live Soulful vocals from Mest...

The Wild Gauchos

A daring, sexy and stylish acoustic trio playing the music of Astor Piazzolla and other celebrated Argentinean tango musicians as well as well-known tango pieces from around the world. Featuring the talents of Dubai's finest tango musos - Stoyan Stoyanov on accordian, Amir Mafakher on guitar & Haruka on fiddle.