Born in Ulaanbaatar and now based in Germany, Enji (Erkhembayar Enkhjargal ) has achieved widespread critical acclaim for the manner in which she has brought the ancient vocal traditions of Mongolia into bold new territory.

Raised in a traditional family setting amidst folk song and long-song (“urtiin duu”, a Mongolian singing style), she later discovered the freedom of jazz — and found a voice that has allowed her to bring an intimate jazz sensibility and wistfulness to songs that evoke the magnificent vast emptiness of the East Asian steppes of home. 

ENJI’s 2023 album Ulaan marked a major breakthrough.  It was named ‘Album of the Year’ by The Washington Post, made The New York Times list of Best Jazz Albums, and was one of The Guardian’s ‘Best Global Albums’.  

Her recently released third album ‘Sonor’ also made The Guardian’s ‘Best Global Album’ list, at the end of 2025. 

“Gorgeous… The inventive vocalist blurs the line between worldly and otherworldly” – The Washington Post

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A triple-harpist, singer and sonic explorer whose performances feel at once ancient yet utterly contemporary, Cerys Hafana’s music honours old songs and storytelling from Wales in a remarkable way.

Hafana’s 2022 album Edyf, which drew inspiration from a Welsh online archive of two-hundred-year-old manuscripts and notebooks was named one of the Top Ten Folk Albums of the Year by The Guardian. It’s 2025 follow-up ‘Angel’ received the newspaper’s Album of the Month award.

Hafana is a wondrous player and singer with a beautiful voice. Inspiration is drawn from Welsh folk song, from nature, and from broader Celtic music traditions, including Breton folk dance rhythms and call-and-response techniques.

The triple harp originated in Italy in the 16^th century and was first introduced to Wales in 1680.  It’s commonly described today as ‘the Welsh harp,’ with three parallel rows of strings allowing all semi-tones to be accessed without pedals.

Cerys Hafana applies subtle electronics to create atmospheric textures. It’s timeless music that’s strikingly contemporary in mood and feel.

“…endlessly inventive… a profoundly moving listening experience.” – The Guardian

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Leïla Martial is amongst the most daring and imaginative vocalists in modern European jazz.

Born to a family of classical musicians, she’s the first female singer to win the 1^st soloist prize at the prestigigious Concours National de Jazz de La Défense, and over the past decade she has established herself as a fresh, boundary-breaking presence on stages across France.  

Her album Warm Canto won the ‘Jazz Vocal Prize’ from Académie du Jazz in 2018, while in 2020 she was awarded the prestigious ‘Les Victoires du Jazz’ in recognition of her singular vision and her ability to reimagine the voice as a multi-timbral instrument.  

Martial is creatively restless, blending jazz with contemporary classical, folk, theatre, performance art and improvisation. Accompanied here by cellist Valentin Ceccaldi, her concerts are an unpredictable journey of colour, humour, emotion and daring. 

“Words just aren’t enough for Leila Martial, one of the most inventive young French vocalists of her generation” — Jazzwise Magazine

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Alina Bzhezhinska made history when she became the first harpist to receive the Best Jazz Ensemble of the Year award when her band Hip Harp Collective took the prize at the UK’s prestigious Parliamentary Jazz Awards in 2024.

One of the leading jazz harpists in the world today, Bzhezhinska is a one-woman powerhouse on a mission to bring harp to the forefront of contemporary sound.​  She has collaborated with internationally renowned artists including Brian Jackson, Chaka Khan, Shabaka Hutchings, Nu Civilisation Orchestra and DJ Spinna, and has, performed to audiences across the globe. Hip Harp Collective’s performance at Triskel Arts Centre in 2024 was one of that year’s highlights of that year’s Cork Jazz Festival.

Described by the Evening Standard as a “modern-day supremo,” Ukraine-born Bzhezhinska brings a fresh, dynamic vision to the harp, honouring jazz icons Alice Coltrane and Dorothy Ashby while incorporating elements of trip-hop and acid jazz into her music.

With Hip Harp Collective she’s played in recent times also as London Jazz Festival, Finland’s Tampere Jazz Festival, Paris Jazz Festival, Ronnie Scott’s Club in London, The Royal Albert Hall and at the WOMADelaide Festival in Australia.

Alina Bzhezhinska will be accompanied for her Bray show by long-time collaborator, the top UK saxophonist Toni Kofi, and by Matt Holmes (Drums), Menelik Clafey(Double Bass) and Joel Prime (percussion). 

‘…powerful, moving, take-your-breath-away’  – Downbeat Magazine 

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The Genuine Jazz Orchestra is a 17-piece Jazz Big Band, bringing new energy and passion to the music of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Gil Evans and many of the other legends of big band music.

Led by drummer Ben Cooper and multi-instrumentalist Podge Kilbride, the band members – a mix of seasoned professionals and up and coming players on the Irish jazz scene – share a hunger to preserve and energize the tradition of large jazz ensemble music.

Genuine Jazz Orchestra provide a rare opportunity for audiences to experience the thrill of these incredible big band compositions and arrangements as they were intended – live!

The group has played a number of packed to the rafters live shows over the past year – bringing vibrantly to life a repertoire of swinging sounds, timeless classics, elegant improvisations and original tunes. 

It’s magical stuff.

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