Guitarist

Ivy Alexander

Ivy Alexander is a rising Nairobi-based guitarist. She is a member of the Flower Project, one of Kenya’s only all female contemporary bands. Founded by 2013 OneBeat Fellow Kasiva Mutua, the Flower Project currently serves as the house band for Coke Studio Africa. As a member of a small community of women-led guitar players in the Nairobi scene, Ivy started an online group to “share ideas, answer questions, and encourage regular practice of the instrument” outside of regular group meet-ups. A member of numerous bands and recording projects, Ivy was selected by the British Arts Council to collaborate with a group of UK-based jazz musicians as part of the 2018 Safaricom International Jazz Festival.

Juliano Abramovay

Juliano Abramovay is a São Paulo-based multi-instrumentalist and composer. While studying classical guitar at São Paulo’s Municipal School of Music, Juliano began to branch out from traditional guitar technique mastering fretless guitar, baglama and oud, as well as researching traditional music from Greece and Turkey. After studying with the ney master Kudsi Erguner, Juliano created projects that merge the melodic richness of the Eastern Mediterranean traditional music with his background as a Brazilian musician, with the projects Amazonon and Magma Project. He has worked as an organizer for the popular music series Winter Festival of Campos do Jordão and helps to run the label and arts collective Selo Risco. Also an active educator, Juliano recently taught at a multidisciplinary art program that works with youth in underserved São Paulo’s neighborhoods. He has also worked extensively as composer and performer for dance, theatre, cinema and circus.

Andrés Pinzón

Andrés Pinzón is a Colombian classical guitar player and graduate Universidad del Valle. Andrés spent 7 years performing with Herencia De Timbiquí, a break out group blending música pacifica with salsa and r&b, where he toured internationally and collaborated with luminaries such as Susana Baca, Carlos Vives and Ruben Blades. Beginning in 2014, Andrés has begun to compose music for video art and audio visual pieces, and has also performed with other ensembles such as Sultana Club and LaPacificanPower.