Ella van Poucke is an internationally acclaimed Dutch cellist who made her debut at the Concertgebouw at the age of ten and has since performed in major concert halls around the world. She has performed as a soloist with numerous renowned orchestras, including the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Brussels Philharmonic, the Kremerata Baltica and has collaborated with conductors and artists such as Christoph Eschenbach and Karina Canellakis. As a committed chamber musician, she regularly performs with leading musicians and at international festivals such as Verbier, Music@Menlo and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Her discography includes highly acclaimed recordings, including her Schumann debut album and a Rachmaninoff tribute. In 2024 she attracted particular attention with her performance of all six Bach suites in one evening.

In addition to her concert activities, she is dedicated to teaching and was appointed professor of violoncello at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in 2022.

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Composer, pianist and producer Kaan Bulak was born in 1991 in Aachen, spent his childhood in Istanbul and finished high-school in Stuttgart. During this period he was studying piano with Andrej Jussow. In 2015 Kaan Bulak achieved a first class Bachelor’s Degree in Audio Production from SAE Berlin. Under the supervision of Martin Supper for composition and Jean-Boris Szymczak of Funkhaus Studio P4 for sound production, Kaan Bulak graduated in 2017 as Master of Arts in Sound Studies from University of Arts Berlin.

Kaan Bulak is currently living and working in Berlin where he runs the audiovisual label Feral Note with its own production studio and concert salon.

As the chairman of Tonkünstlerverband Berlin, Kaan Bulak represents musicians in cultural politics. 

Photo credits: Manuel Abella