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Sally Garozzo

Sally Garozzo is a singer-songwriter of Anglo-Sicilian descent. She graduated from London's Vocaltech in 2000 with the accolade 'Performer of the Year'. She went on to become a leading light on the private function circuit, performing at the Dorchester hotel and the Clapham Grand, as well as establishing herself as a session singer and accomplished vocal coach. In 2004 she released her debut album 'Essence of Solitude'. Which was described in a Musician's Union review as "finely crafted".

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Giya Kancheli

Giya Kancheli (გია ყანჩელი), born 10 August 1935 in Tbilisi, is a Georgian composer resident in Belgium. Kancheli is his country's most famous living composer and arguably its best-known cultural export. His music is very communicative and immediate and often has a spiritual quality, which leads some to compare him (not always helpfully) to composers such as Arvo Pärt and John Tavener. There are several instances of folk and religious inspiration in his music, notably in the opening to the Third Symphony or his more recent work Magnum Ignotum...

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Piotr Kurek

Polish composer and musician, working and living in Warsaw. Piotr Kurek studied classical piano and played drums but is most known from his activity in dance theatre and electronic music. Co-founder of ever changing project Ślepcy, emerged in the late 90’s and collaborated with various record labels including Ambush (London), Kool.POP (Berlin), Cock Rock Disco (Berlin), Klangkrieg (Berlin), Unknown Public (London) and Crónica (Porto).

Ensemble Amorpha

Ensemble Amorpha is a London based chamber music ensemble dedicated to the performance of contemporary music with a focus on living composers which are under represented in the UK. Its members are all extremely successful in their own right both nationally and internationally performing regularly as soloists and orchestral musicians in the UK’s leading orchestras such as the LSO, Philharmonia and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra to name just some examples.

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