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About Lau Noah –

Lau Noah is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and self-taught artist from Catalonia, Spain, based in New York City. Noah has been praised by distinguished musicians, from Phoebe Bridgers to Jackson Browne, for her poetic compositions and masterful counterpoint work in her music. Noah performed a Tiny Desk Concert in February 2019, making her the first Catalan to perform in the prestigious series. She has been sought after by Ivy League universities and music conservatories around the world to teach workshops and master classes due to her unique approach to music composition.

Lau has scored multiple award-winning films and has performed with musicians such as Jacob Collier, Gavin Degraw and Chris Thile, with whom he toured Europe and the UK as an opening act. In autumn 2023 he opened for Ben Folds on his UK tour, playing solo at the Royal Albert Hall and other historic theaters.

Noah released her first LP “A Dos” on January 12, 2024 featuring some of the most influential musicians of our time, including Jorge Drexler, Sílvia Pérez Cruz, Jacob Collier, and Cécile Mclorin Salvant.

About Mafer Bandola –

Mafer is a Bandola Llanera player, a New York-based producer, community organizer, and educator from Barquisimeto, Venezuela. As she grew up with an Afro-Indigenous oral tradition inspired by the relationship of the inhabitants of the Plains (Los Llanos) with nature, she developed a grounded understanding of the (male-dominated) bandola traditions; she focused on bringing the instrument to a new artistic path through composition, performance, and improvisation. In addition, Mafer innovated within the practice, investigating and channeling the female experience of a Latinx musician in a globalized world.