Artists
BAY AREA YOUTH ENSEMBLES
GAAYATRI KAUNDINYA
Indian vocalist and disciple of the late Ustad Ali Akbar Khan
YOUTH ENSEMBLE OF THE TRINITY CENTER FOR MUSIC
South Bay based South Indian youth music ensemble
THE JUMPING BUDDHA YOUTH ENSEMBLE
Youth Chinese traditional music ensemble
THE ALI AKBAR COLLEGE OF MUSIC YOUTH TABLA ENSEMBLE
Youth Indian percussion ensemble taught by Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri
ECHOES OF THE DRAGON CHINESE PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
Alice Fong Yu Alternative School's Alumni Chinese traditional percussion ensemble taught by Wang Wei
THE SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL ORFF ENSEMBLE
Ensemble mixing various traditional music concepts within the framework of the Orff music method taught by Doug Goodkin, James Harding, and Sofia Lopez-Abor
JEBOOR KZV ARMENIAN SCHOOL CHOIR
The youth chorus of the Krouzian-Zekarian-Vasbouragan (KZV) Armenian School
MASTER MUSICIANS AND TEACHERS
AKYLBEK SERKEBAEV
Master musician from Kyrgyzstan making his Festival Debut
HASMIK HARUTYUNYAN
Vocalist from Armenia making her Festival Debut
JIM SANTI OWEN
Multi-percussionist and Music Director of the International Youth Music Initiative
TECHUNG
Tibetan master singer and multi-instrumentalist
ANU SRIDHAR
South Indian master vocalist
ZHANG XIAOFENG
Chinese erhu master
KITKA
Balkan female choir
ALAM KHAN
Renowned Indian sarodist
PANDIT SWAPAN CHAUDHURI
North Indian master tabla musician
and master Orff instructors DOUG GOODKIN, JAMES HARDING, and SOFIA LOPEZ-ABOR
