PAST FESTIVAL ARTISTS

Megan started violin lessons at age 9 and earned a B.Mus. in music history at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. She has performed in numerous ensembles specializing in Western classical, bluegrass, Arab, and Albanian musical styles...

Shirin was born and raised in Iran and moved to the United States in 1985. She has a degree in Arts and Sciences from Purdue University at Indianapolis majoring in Architecture and Engineering...

The Moroccan Andalusian Classical Music Orchestra of Bloomington was formed in the fall of 2005 by Moroccan musician Anass Sentissi and ethnomusicologist Anthony Guest-Scott...

SA native of New Jersey, Fay is currently in her first year of studying harp at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. She has been playing the harp for eleven years and has received numerous honors and awards....

Josiah started his musical studies at the age of 5 on the violin. In his pre-college years, he was privileged to be involved in many music programs and festivals including the Atlanta Youth Symphony Orchestra...

Born in Kazanlak, Bulgaria, Svetla began playing piano-accordion at the age of eight. By the end of high school, she had earned three first place finishes, one second place and one third place in the International Accordion Competition for her solo and duet performances...

Javad Esmaili (Ney and Balaban) is a graduate of Azerbaijan’s Baku State University Journalism program. As a journalist, he worked for an extended period for the Azerbaijan State Radio-TV company while writing for various newspapers and magazines in the Republic of Azerbaijan...