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Raffaele Di Mauro (Caserta, 1976) obtained in 2013 the PhD in History, Science and Techniques of Music at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata", where he was subsequently also a contract professor of Ethnomusicology. He has a collaboration contract for the chair of Musicology and History of Music at the University of Naples "Suor Orsola Benincasa". He is currently professor of History of Music in Music and Dance High Schools. He is the scientific director of the “Campania Sound Archive of Oral Tradition Music” in Naples and a founding member of the “Alan Lomax Study Center” based in Palermo. He has given various speeches at national and international scientific conferences, and has published essays in Italian and English, in particular on the Neapolitan song of the early nineteenth century and on the traditional music of the Campania area.

Valeria Vespaziani was born in Rome. She began her training in classical and modern dance. She has performed in Italy, Romania, Spain, England and Greece. Since 2004 she began her learning journey of Indian dance starting from the Bharatanatya genre, m, under the guidance of Annalisa MIgliorino. She perfected with the teacher Usha Raghavan. During her training trips to India she studied with internationally renowned masters such as come Renjith Babu, Vina Vasudevan, Indira Kadambi, Leela Samson. She Today she continues to deepen her studies with Lucrezia Maniscotti in Milan. In 2007 she graduated with honors from the University of RomaTre and in 2019 she brilliantly graduated in classical dance, in the kathak genre, at the Conservatory of Vicenza ‘A. Pedrollo’, in the Department of Music and Extra-European Traditions, with Prof. Rosella Fanelli, receiving the Rotary Academic Year Award as the best student of the conservatory of the Vicenza Conservatory. Recently, he has collaborated in artistic performances in conferences at the Oriental Studies department of Rome La Sapienza University and at the Vicenza Conservatory. Since 2014 she has been teaching masterclasses at the Nirmal Arts Academy (Cabella Ligure, Alessandria).

Leo Vertunni (London, 1989) Concert sitarist with vast international experience, specialized in classical music hindustani, with numerous collaborations to his credit of cultural mingling such as flamenco, jazz, classical western, electronic. Leo grew up taking part in his family theatre and musical productions. Later he undertook academic studies in Indology and Indian music, gaining and honour BA degree at the Alma Mater University of Bologna and a Master’s degree in Indian Music Performance at the SOAS University of London. He studied the technique of sitar and the practice of Indian classical improvisation from renowned master such as Pt. Avaneendra Sheolikar, Ust. Dharambir Singh and presently from Ust. Mehboob Nadeem. As a performer Leo has been working in several projects (Indialucia, Seven Eyes, Divine Symphony Orchestra, Ragamala project) and as a session musician for many more, touring extensively in Europe, North America, and also having performed in South America, Asia, and Africa. Concert sitarist with vast international experience, specialized in classical music hindustani, with numerous collaborations to his credit of cultural mingling (flamenco, jazz,
classical western, electronic). His discography can include publications with specialized labels such as Dark Companion (Confluence, Jugalbandi Trio), how muchwith majors such as Universal (Oltre, Mace). In addition to performing training, received from Usta Irshad Khan, alongside creative activity, Leo combines popularisation by curating broadcastsradio (RSI, RAI), holding workshops and seminars (MUDEC), and didactic: since 2019 he has been a professor at the traditional music department of the Conservatory of Vicenza.

Manish Madankar is an experienced tabla player who has performed throughout India, in Europe, China, Singapore and Russia. He is a versatile percussionist as a solo performer, as an accompanist for instrumental music, vocals, kathak dance, fusion music and orchestral music, boasting several contributions in the Bollywood film industry and in Indian TV programs such as D.D. National Channel and Indian Classical Music Channel (InSync Channel). Dedicated to the study of the instrument from a very young age, he learned from the main exponents of the tabla including Pandit Sandesh Popatkar of Nagpur and the famous Pandit Yogesh Samsi of Mumbai. In 2007 he obtained a Master’s degree in tabla at the Music Department of the Indira Kala Sangit University of Khairagarah and in 2010 a post-master’s degree in instrument at the same university. Following the recognition by the Indian government as an “Approved Artist” among the artists of All India Radio (2016), from 2017 he became an examining member for Masters in tabla and music at the aforementioned university, and external professor of music theory and tabla at the music department of the University of Mumbai. He Created Indian classical music Band name Samanvay Project. Currently stabilized in Italy, Rome, he has already held several masterclasses in Hindustani tabla and rhythms at the Nirmal Arts Academy in Cabella Ligure (Alessandria). Lately he collaborated with the highly esteemed Sarod Maestro Ken Zuckerman in Switzerland. Since October 2020 he has held the position of tabla teacher in the Department of Traditional Music at the ‘Arrigo Pedrollo’ Conservatory of Music in Vicenza.

Adriano Ercolani is among the main authors who collaborated with Giovanni Casoli in the literature anthology "Novecento Letterario Italiano e Europeo”. He is the vice president of the nonprofit association InnerPeace. He has been dealing with the relationship between Western and Eastern culture for over twenty years. As a critic and journalist, he contributes with articles for the following websites: Repubblica, Repubblica-XL, Fumettologica, Minima&moralia, ilfattoquotidiano.it, Nazione Indiana, Limina, Linkiesta, Globalist, Ultima Voce, Grande come una città. He collaborates with the philosophical project Tlon.

Milena Cappabianca took her degree in Medicine and Surgery, Parma University in 1983 and then the specialization in Neuropsychiatry for Children and Adolescents at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. Member of Italian Psychoanalytical Society (S.P.I) and the International Psychoanalytical Association (I.P.A), in 1992, having won a public competition, she began working at the Department of Psychiatric Diagnoses and Mental Health treatment, Rome. She taught Clinical Psychiatry for nurses. She has been clinical tutor for junior doctors in Psychiatry at Frascati Hospital (Rome). She participated in numerous national and international congresses. She is also a playwright. Her work, Pappagallo Blues has been mentioned: ‘For the delicacy with which he tells the nuances of relationships and feelings, using music as a counterpoint woven into the very structure of the story’ at the Firenze Film Corti Festival 2020.