"Christopher Fox (born 1955 in York) is an English composer.

He studied at the universities of Liverpool, Southampton and York, where his teachers included Hugh Wood and Jonathan Harvey. He received a PhD in composition from the University of York in 1984. From 1984 to 1994 he was a member of the composition staff at the Darmstadt New Music Summer School. He is currently Professor in Music at Brunel University, a post he took up in 2006. His music is widely performed, broadcast and recorded. He is also a prolific writer on music. In addition to concert works, Fox has collaborated with artists on gallery works, and with the poet Ian Duhig on a "musical box".

An important aspect of Fox's music is its stylistic breadth-whilst his principal considerations may seem to be with systems music and adopting a systematic approach, his music also serves a political function, is deeply rooted in the post-war Darmstadt traditions of applying psychological and intellectual models to the structure and content of music and at the same time exists in a world of diverse musical attitudes, including references to the popular arts, to historical music and to cross-cultural music. The stylistic range of his works is very aurally apparent and includes complex microtonal chamber works, large-scale modernist ensemble pieces, tape cut-up collages and minimalistic pieces for guitars and saxophones.

His writings on music have also been published widely, in the journals Contact (of which he was an editor), Contemporary Music Review, Musical Times and Tempo, and deal principally with new music, in particular experimental, minimalist and complex tendencies in American and European music. He was co-editor of Von Kranichstein zur Gegenwart (1996, DACO Verlag, Stuttgart), a history of 50 years of the Darmstadt Ferienkurse, and of Uncommon Ground: The Music of Michael Finnissy (1998, Ashgate Press, Aldershot)."

"Jonathan Chazan is a contemporary saxophones player, arranger, improviser and a devoted performer of contemporary and ancient music. By performing both pieces originally written for the saxophone and self arranged pieces from different epochs, styles and instruments, he produces original solo recitals, while regularly commissioning, co-working and premiering new pieces by many prominent Israeli composers, ever exploring, expanding and reinventing the "old" and "new" repertoire. Jonathan played with most of Israeli leading ensembles, and orchestras, as a soloist with Rishon-Letzion Symphonic Orchestra, conducting Dan Etinger, and with the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra (conducting Zubin Metha) and he is also a founding member of the Tel-Aviv saxophone quartet. Master of pedagogy (Tel-Aviv university), Bachelor (Lausanne conservatoire), academy's high school graduate with honorary, AICF scholarship of extinct excellency, and 1st place winner of the contemporary music competition of the Tel-Aviv university. Jonathan believes that the musician is an essential part of its community, thus, he is considerably invested in educational activities through music, in workshops, masterclasses and as a member of the Israeli conservatory of music, Tel-Aviv."

"Dennis Sobolev is a guitarist, composer, and improviser whose primary interest is contemporary music. As an improviser, he developed his own playing style, in which he incorporates idioms borrowed from jazz and rock music, as well as extended techniques often associated with contemporary classical and experimental music. He is a member of various improvising ensembles and collaborates for many years with leading musicians on the scene. As a performer of contemporary classical music, he took part in various festivals, such as Tzlil Meudkan, Tectonics, Darmstadt Summer Course for New Music and others, collaborated with various ensembles as well as composers such as Chaya Czernowin, Clinton McCallum, Stefan Prins, Lois Vierk, Andreas Staffel, Amnon Wolman, Alexandra Filonenko and others."

"Dan Weinstein is a virtuoso and versatile cellist, teacher and lecturer, focusing mainly on contemporary, avant-garde and experimental music. As a cello player his repertoire is dedicated to exploring new ways of interpretation of contemporary music as a platform for modern and updated art form. Enthusiastic about the intersection between traditional and contemporary instrumental practices, close and open forms, improvisation and written music, Dan has inspired composers and instrumentalists alike for collaborative work as solo and chamber musician. Dan regularly performs as soloist and with several contemporary music ensembles and is He is a senior lecturer in the new-music department of Naggar Multidisciplinary School of Art and Society, Musrara in Jerusalem. Dan is co-founder of the advanced program studies of experimental music and sound art and conducting a open-social-orchestra ("Scratch Orchestra") in the Israeli Center of Digital art."

"Ido Akov (1993) received his B.Mus in piano performance from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, studying with Ron Regev and Allan Sternfeld.As a pianist Ido has won prizes in the Bay Area Chopin and Fremont Symphony competitions in the United States, and in the "Piano Forever", "Haim Kalmi" and "Young Artist" competitions in Israel, and subsequently Ido performed with the Fremont symphony orchestra, Lancaster orchestra, Ashdod symphony orchestra, IBA orchestra, as well as with the Thelma Yellin orchestra, Rishon leZion symphony orchestra, Israeli Chamber orchestra, and with members of the Israeli Philharmonic.Ido has played recitals and chamber music across the world, in venues ranging from the Hong Kong academy for performing arts to the National Library of Georgia in Tbilisi.

Ido is a four year America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarship recipient (in piano as well as double bass), and has also participated in the past in the Jerusalem Music center's program for excellence in piano. Through this program he was invited to play in master classes for Murray Perahia, Andras Schiff, Richard Goode, Stefan Kovacevich and many others.Ido is active as a performer of contemporary music: having taken part in ensemble Meitar's Tedarim project, and is currently pianist for the Israel Contemporary Players.

Ido is also a composer, and his works have been performed by the ensembles Musica Nova, Modalius, Meitar, the Great Gehenna choir, the Ashkelon Andalusian orchestra, and the Kiryat Ono conservatory concert band.As an accordionist Ido has played in theatre productions such as "Ritza" by the Ruth Kanner theatre company (with music composed by Avshalom Ariel), as well as in various indie and popular-music groups.

Ido is also a singer in the Great Gehenna Choir- an experimental group which acts as a musical co-operative, with all music performed written by members of the choir.Ido teaches piano at the Kiryat Ono Conservatory."

Yael Barolsky-Violin

"Born in Tel Aviv, performs regularly with leading musicians from Israel and abroad in chamber music concerts, is a member of the Israel Contemporary Players and was guest artist in numerous festivals including Rolandseck - Festival, Kfar Blum Music Festival, Tectonics Festival and Lucerne Festival.

Yael has performed as a soloist with conductors Pierre Boulez, Ilan Volkov, Marcello Panni. She has performed with Ensemble intercontemporain and Ensemble musikFabrik, with the Maria Kong dance company and video artists. Yael is the artist director of the chamber music series "CameriNegev" and the "Crater players" in Mitzpe Ramon in the Negev desert.In 2015 she released her solo cd album "Meanderings" which has received enthusiastic."