"Macarena Montesinos - cello

Multidisciplinary artist, cellist, performer born in Spain in 1982, Macarena is graduated at the school of fine arts, with a master in contemporary art at Pontevedra's faculty.Musician with a classical formation, later specialized in jazz, she's currently involved in free improvisation.

In the early 2000s she joins the folk band Avalon, publishing with them 2 records and taking part in national radio concerts, among others.

She's one of the founder of both 23RedAnts and Suelen Estar Quartet and a member of OMEGa (Orchestra de Musica Espontanea de Galicia) and she has published several works in both digital and analogue format beside plays in different independent festivals.She also worked for some theatrical and ballet projects like, for instance, "Nielheim" by Monica Garcia, "Ulises, a nena durmida" by Anxela Blanco or, in collaboration with the Tanzhaus in Zurich, "LP4am" by Mercé de Rande and she's the creator, with Licenciada Sotelo, of the shows "Silencio por Favor" and "Ensayo Amor" and a partner in some performances by Maria Roja, Alba Blanco and Idoia Zabaleta.

Besides his work as musician and performer she's teaching cello in two schools in Vigo, Galicia."

"Sound artist, electronic musician, experimenter born in Italy in 1978.Lives and works between Italy and Spain.

Focused on the multiple possibilities of sound he works in different fields.Besides his work as musician with the solo project ranter's bay and the duo 23RedAnts, or the collateral projects such as Noa:Mar or rec_L, he has collaborated in the music for the theatre pieces by Licenciada Sotelo and Marco Regueiro in Spain and by Mending Dance Theatre in Taipei.

He also played the music for the exhibits of artists such as Prof. Bad Trip (IT), Pablo Orza (ES) and Frank Breidenbruch (DE).

Artist in residence at Laznia center of Contemporary Art in Gdansk (PL), has collaborated, within the project "Miastofon" by Gruby Punkt, in the creation of a subjective sound map which was selected to participate at Post Screen, international festival of art, new media and cybercultures in Lisbon (PT) and at Espacio Enter Festival in Tenerife (ES).During this time he has performed in different independent festivals such as "Sinfonie per appartamenti", "WOS Festival" or "ALT festival" in Spain and abroad.

In the last years he has released several works on label and netlabel worldwide.He also builds his own instruments through the practice of circuit bending.All his works are released under a Creative Commons music licence as he believe in free culture."

"Pablo Orza is a self taught multi-instrumentalist musician mainly interested in free improvisation.

He works alone and with several grups: Annamoviek, Karst Collective, maDam, OMEGa; he also has played and worked with improvisers such as Wade Matthews, LAR Legido, Patxi Valera, Javier Carmona, Gregorio Kazaroff, Orquesta Foco...

In 2003 in collaboration with Parto duo activates the Centro de Novas Tecnoloxías do Pico Sacro (TPS) ; an artists' collective interested in real time creation.

Since 2006 the TPS programs regularly events focused on free improvisation through the Sesións Vibracionais do TPS in collaboration with the NASA venue.

All this work culminates in the foundation of the Orquestra de Música Espontánea de Galicia (OMEGa)."