Jaques Morelenbaum, born in Rio de Janeiro, is widely regarded as one of Brazil’s most distinguished cellists, arrangers, composers, and producers. Over a career spanning more than five decades, he has contributed to over 950 albums and collaborated with legendary artists such as Antonio Carlos Jobim, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Milton Nascimento, Gal Costa, and Egberto Gismonti, as well as international musicians including Sting, Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Mariza, Cesária Évora, and Julieta Venegas.

As a producer and arranger, he has received a Grammy Award and several Latin Grammy Awards. In addition, he has composed numerous film and theater scores and served as musical director for some of the most influential Brazilian artists of his generation.

Morelenbaum was a member of the renowned Quarteto Jobim Morelenbaum and Morelenbaum2Sakamoto, while also releasing a number of acclaimed projects under his own name. In 2024, he became the first recipient of the newly established Brazilian Musician Award.

His most recent album, Trem de Três, was recorded in collaboration with Carlos Malta and Marcelo Costa.

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Ori is a Berlin-based saxophonist, composer, and Magna Cum Laude graduate of Berklee College of Music, where he earned both Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the Global Jazz Institute under the direction of Danilo Pérez.

A full-tuition scholarship recipient for both degrees, he studied with renowned artists including Joe Lovano, George Garzone, and David Liebman. Ori has performed alongside Grammy Awardwinning musicians such as Esperanza Spalding, Terri Lyne Carrington, and Susana Baca, appearing at leading venues and festivals including North Sea Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival, Beacon Theatre, and Smalls Jazz Club.

He currently leads the Ori Jacobson Quartet and performs with projects including the Doug Weiss Quartet, Luis Bonilla Quintet, and Àbáse.

Heinrich Köbberling studied jazz drums at the University of Music and Theatre Hamburg from 1988 to 1994 and subsequently completed postgraduate studies at The New School (Mannes College of Music) in New York on a DAAD scholarship.

The five years that followed, spent working as a freelance musician in New York, shaped his artistic career. He collaborated with international artists such as Julia Hülsmann, Aki Takase, Ernie Watts, Benny Bailey, Moritz von Oswald, Matthew Herbert, Richie Beirach, and Gary Peacock. In addition, he produced the band 8- Doogymoto and released the solo albums *Pisces*, *Sonnenschirm*, and *You and You*. His concert tours have taken him across Europe, North and South America, and Asia.

His current projects include the Julia Hülsmann Quartet/Trio, the Moritz von Oswald Trio, and the Ernie Watts Quartet Europe.

After holding teaching positions in Hamburg, Hanover, and Weimar, Heinrich Köbberling served as a professor at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig. Since 2019, he has been a professor at the Jazz Institute Berlin. His international concert career and collaborations with renowned producers and labels—such as ECM—inform a teaching philosophy that prioritizes individual development, artistic personality, and stylistic diversity.

Roz Macdonald is a double bass player from Ayr, Scotland, who has been based in Berlin since 2017.

She works across a range of musical styles, with a particular focus on jazz and improvised music. Roz performs regularly throughout Germany and across Europe, and has built a reputation both as a bandleader and as an in-demand sidemusician. She has collaborated with a number of internationally recognised artists, including Eddie Henderson, Chris Cheek, Bruce Barth, Melissa Aldana, and Scott Hamilton.

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Quique Sinesi is one of Argentina’s most acclaimed guitarists and composers, internationally recognized for his distinctive blend of Argentine folk music, jazz, Brazilian music, tango, and contemporary classical influences.

Over a career spanning more than four decades, he has performed and recorded with legendary artists including Dino Saluzzi, Charlie Mariano, Joe Lovano, Paquito D’Rivera, Pablo Ziegler, Markus Stockhausen, Enrico Rava, , Michel Godard, Yamandu Costa etc.

His music has been presented at major international festivals and concert halls throughout Europe, the Americas, and Asia, earning widespread recognition for its originality and expressive depth. In 2005, he received a Latin Grammy Award as part of Pablo Ziegler’s project and has continued to develop an internationally celebrated career.

His performances are distinguished by lyrical improvisation, rich harmonic language, and a unique musical voice that bridges South American traditions with contemporary jazz.

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Berlin Session Strings brings together some of Europe’s finest session players, drawn from the very best classical chamber groups, recording ensembles and orchestras in Berlin, London and beyond. The ensemble was founded to offer composers, producers and artists a flexible, world-class string section for studio and live projects of every scale - from intimate chamber line-ups to full symphony orchestra.

Berlin Session Strings work across film and television scoring, classical and contemporary recording, production music and artist projects, collaborating with composers and producers in Berlin and internationally.

Recent credits include projects for Universal Pictures, Deutsche Grammophon, Capitol Records, Netflix, LowSwing Records, Peter Plate/Ulf Leo Sommer, Air-Edel London and Supreme Music, alongside a growing range of independent artists, composers and producers from all over the world.

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