With his song «Let Her Go», Passenger, a musician from Brighton who sought success in vain in his home country, made the breakthrough in 16 countries with his characteristically engaging voice. The release of the song determined a huge success marked by more than 3.3 billion views on YouTube. But his career did not stop after that: since then, the English indie folk singer-songwriter has released 14 studio albums and received several nominations and award, including the Ivor Novello award for Most Performed Work.

«Castles» is one of those earworm pop songs that conquered the charts. Written by a Londoner who shone as a performer from an early age, Freya Ridings debuted with two live albums in rapid succession. Her ballad, 2017’s “Lost Without You”, became a top ten hit on the UK Singles Chart. In 2019, she released the single “You Mean the World to Me”, which preceded the release of her self-titled debut album and her first Australian tour. The second studio album Blood Orange followed up in May 2023, when she happened to be one of the artists who got invited to perform at King Charles III’s Coronation. In her songs, the English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist reflects the stories of our society with a powerful and self-confident approach.

Worakls Orchestra’s programme includes soaring rhythms, a thumping bass and a 20-piece orchestra to bring a fusion of electronic and classical music to boiling point. Borrowing from baroque and techno as much for his emotional capacity as for his freedom of tone, the Parisian producer Kevin Rodrigues has meticulously balanced two worlds still often considered incompatible. In his latest album, Worakls Orchestra offers tracks that sound like short films, because they release a powerful imaginary. Music without words, but which speaks volumes. This is the promise of a concert that bridges two genres that have much more in common than we might think.

Kalkbrenner is a cult name in electronic music. In 2008 Paul and Fritz, brothers from Berlin, delivered the title song «Sky And Sand» for Hannes Stöhr’s techno cult film «Berlin Calling». Since then, Fritz has enjoyed a highly successful career as a DJ and producer, which he proved again last year with his spherical top track «In The Morning». His style has been evolving during the releases of his five albums, from expansive production style, filled with airy guitar licks and relaxed, nearly tropical rhythms to vocals and grandiose arrangements.

Jessie J was born for music: at the age of 11 she was on stage in a London West End musical, graduated from the BRIT School, and earned her first wages as a songwriter for, among others, Alicia Keys, Chris Brown and Miley Cyrus. Then she took the plunge to take centre stage herself, storming her way into the charts with her singles «Do It Like A Dude» and «Price Tag». The dynamo from Essex has been showered with honours, sang at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in London – and followed this up with the super-hit «Bang Bang».

Brittany Howard is an American musician, best known as lead vocalist and guitarist of American rock bands Alabama Shakes and Thunderbitch. At Lollapalooza in 2015, Howard was invited on stage to perform a duet of „Get Back“ with Paul McCartney. Howard also performed at the ceremony for Eddie Murphy‘s Mark Twain Prize. In 2015, Howard was named the recipient of Billboard‘s Women in Music „Powerhouse“ Award. In June 2019, Brittany Howard announced a debut solo album, Jaime to be released on September 20, 2019.

Seated between seas, defiant in the face of northern storms, open to the world but true to its own culture – the strength and pride of Ireland imbue the songs of their musicians. They are a mixture of vigorous anthems that resonate far beyond the horizon and mingle feelings of quiet solitude and respectful humility. The Irish Band Snow Patrol packaged these feelings into songs like «Chasing Cars» and «Run» that became international hits. «Chasing Cars» was the most widely played song of the decade in the UK.

Tom Walker is a British singer-songwriter. He rose to fame after the release of his single „Leave a Light On“, which peaked at number 7 on the UK Singles Chart in June 2018. In 2019, Walker won the Best Breakthrough Act at the 2019 Brit Awards.

Madrugada is a Norwegian alternative rock band formed in the town of Stokmarknes in 1993. The key band members included Sivert Høyem (vocals), Robert Burås (guitar) and Frode Jacobsen (bass). After Burås‘ death on 12 July 2007, Høyem and Jacobsen decided to finish recording what was to be their final album.On 21 January 2008, the band released Madrugada and announced that they would split after one last tour. They performed their final concert on 15 November 2008. In June 2018 it was announced that Høyem, Jacobsen and Lauvland Pettersen had reformed the band for a series of shows in 2019. According to Anders Kaasen of Allmusic, the band was noted for „its bareboned blues-inspired alt-rock“ at the end of the 1990s.

ALMA is a Finnish singer and songwriter. Beginning her career in 2013, she placed fifth in the seventh season of the Finnish version of Idol. Her breakthrough came in 2015 when she was featured on the single „Muuta ku mä“ by Sini Sabotage, and was subsequently signed to Universal Music Group. The following year she released the singles „Karma“ and „Dye My Hair“, both of which became top ten hits in Finland. Her 2017 single „Chasing Highs“ repeated this success, and also reached the top twenty in Germany and the United Kingdom. Her extended play Heavy Rules Mixtape was released in 2018 and reached the top ten in Finland. She has collaborated frequently with English singer Charli XCX, Swedish singer Tove Lo, English DJ Digital Farm Animals who produced most of the songs of her debut album and most recently, American singer Miley Cyrus