Jacques Burtin (Paris, 1955) is a composer, a writer and a filmmaker. He plays the kora, the piano and the gravi-kora (electric kora). He conceives interdisciplinary shows, sound installations and multimedia concerts. He has made about 30 recordings.

From 2002 to 2012, he has led courses on Improvisation and Interdisciplinarity at the Fine Arts School of the Basque Country University (Bilbao, Spain).

www.jacquesburtin.com

Susan Allen (1951-2015) performed music of all styles on the harp and kayageum.

She was a member of the Faculty at the Herb Alpert School of Music at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California, where she teached aesthetics, improvisation and pedagogy in transdisciplinary arts.

Susan Allen on Wikipedia

www.renaissance.ovh : A Tribute to Susan Allen (testimonies, unreleased videos, new music written by her friends and collaborators)

Tullia Morand joue du saxophone alto, ténor, baryton, et de la flûte. Compositeur, interprète, spécialiste de bebop, elle a fondé le Tullia Quintet, avec Pierre Mimram (saxophones ténor et alto, flûte, clarinette), Serge Merlaud (guitare), Jean-Marc Jafet (basse) et Thierry Chauvet (percussions). Elle a publié plusieurs CD.

http://tulliamorand.fr

Jean-Claude Mara joue de la flûte de pan. Il a enregistré une trentaine de disques. Il a donné des concerts aux côtés des organistes Georges Bernès et Jean Dahais, des harpistes Katrine Horn, Elisabeth Valletti et Magali Zsigmond, du percussionniste Ulrich Marxcors et du guitariste Michel Devaux-Luez.

www.mara-productions.com