Monia was born to a family in southern Tunisia (Kettana Gabes, 1991) where the traditional songs at each family event formed part of her childhood and adolescence, specifically on her father’s side. The darbuka marks the beat of her heart and the traditional choruses mark the path of Tunisian and Arabic melodies and modes that have made Monia the bearer of a long-standing tradition, given the cultural interconnection of the Arab world. Her earliest steps as a singer outside the family began with music groups that toured all of Tunisia for two years and gave her a broader perspective of her potential as a singer, as well as allowing her to earn a degree in French Philology. Once she finished her degree, she decided to enroll at the Higher Art School in Gabès to study Arabic singing in depth for three

years, where she graduated with honors. At her recital, she sang in different Arabic styles (Maluf, Tarab and modern Middle Eastern). As a woman of the twenty-first century, Monia combines tradition and modernity with a global outlook, since she has mastered and sings in Arabic, French, English and, for the last few years, in Spanish. Soon after came audiovisual contracts for production companies in Tunisia (2012), Libya (2017- 2018) and Egypt (2018-2019), which caused her popularity to skyrocket, especially in Tunisia and Libya. In 2020, she took part in Women’s Day as part of the Carthage Festival.

An Andalusian singer and percussionist born in Seville, Gallardo spent a part of her life in Montellano, though she currently lives in Seville. She received her musical training at the Music Conservatory in Utrera. Ana Gallardo has proven to be a singer and musician with great professional experience, having performed at countless concerts and presentations given in different music halls and on various stages in Spain, as well as collaborating with other artists and concerts. She has shared her musical work with figures and groups of different types, all devoted to performing in a wide range of musical genres such as Latin jazz, rock, traditional Cuban music (son, guaracha, cha cha chá, and others). Her most notable collaborations have been with Ana Belén, Joaquín Sabina, Raimundo Amador, and

Jorge Drexler. Another of her outstanding achievements is her work as a back-up vocalist in studio recordings for Spanish artists and in jingles commissioned by Canal Sur Radio. In 2007, she joined the Canal Sur Television program “Buenas Noches Bienvenidos,” as a back-up singer for Miguel Rios’ band. In 2008, she joined La Banda del Retumbe, led by Kiko Veneno, which toured throughout Spain. In addition to her back-up vocals, she is known for being a minor percussionist.Ana Gallardo has shown her versatility as a vocalist capable of approaching different musical styles from pop to soul, and jazz to funk.

An excellent Cuban pianist, composer and arranger who possesses major talent and a solid musical education from the schools of arts of her native country, Anabel Pérez is a multifaceted performer who has successfully ventured into most genres of Cuban popular music, jazz and flamenco. She harks from the western Cuban province of Pinar del Rio. Her calling for music came to life within her family, when she received the earliest influences from her mother Gloria Reyes (singer) and her father. She began her music studies at the Pedro Raúl Sánchez Vocational School of Arts in her hometown, specializing in guitar and piano. She later moved to Havana, where she completed her education at the National School of Arts (ENA), where she graduated as a Professor of Theoretical Musical Subjects. The pianist’s career as a performer began in 1995 as a member of the female musical group

“Las chicas del sol.” In addition to playing the piano, she was a composer and arranger. She toured with the group extensively throughout the Americas and Europe. Since 2000, she has lived in Seville, where she has collaborated with important performers on the Andalusian musical scene, including Juan A. Valderrama, Juana Dolores Valderrama, Los Cortés, Señor Trepador, Nando Juglar, Amigos de Gines, Alejandro Vega, Jose Manuel Soto and Johanna

Jimenez. In 2001, she participated in the Huelva Flamenco Festival as a pianist, under the artistic direction of Pilar Távora. Since 2005, she has been a pianist, back-up singer and flautist for Kiko Veneno and La Banda del Retumbe, having performed with him on the most important stages in Spain and on international tours. Also notable is her work on innovative personal projects like the Trio Café Cohíba, in which she recreates Cuban music from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the jazz fusion quintet “Peruchinna’s Project” and Radio Soul.

A musician and music producer born in Seville (1975), he embraced Sevillian folklore and flamenco from an early age, attending and sharing spaces and music with popular performers who were very influential throughout his career, leading him as a bassist and flamenco bassist from local and regional stages to national and international venues (in Germany, France, Denmark, Holland, Russia, USA, UK, Turkey, Lebanon, South Africa, Mozambique, Equatorial Guinea, Brazil, Mexico, Japan, etc.). He has played at events alongside flamenco artists of the stature of Diego Amador, Raimundo Amador, Farruquito and Farru, Belén Maya, Pastora Galván, El Vareta, Bobote, Martín Revuelo, Antonio Coronel, El Trombo, Gerardo Núñez, El Cepillo, Carles Benavent, Jorge Pardo and Tino di Giraldo.One constant in his musical career has been developing, learning about and delving

deeper into musical genres with clear roots: blues, folk, flamenco, son, jazz, samba, afrobeat, mballack, bikutsí... in both recordings and live performances, making Manuel Sierra a versatile, creative, open-minded musician touched by many different influences.