As a child, playing freely in an eclectic fashion, Ruso was creating the foundations of her life’s art: to make music. Song-writing has always been at the center of her life. Her very first song, ‘La Flama‘ written in Budapest in 2006 became a track on her self-produced debut album La Ciutat Imaginària (2009). She has since released three albums: Mar Endins (Freshsound 2013), into which the diverse sounds of the Mediterranean and Nordic Italia are deftly woven; Fil de Coure (Microscopi 2015) recorded with Sardinian guitarist Caterinangela Fadda; and Desirem (Microscopi 2019), in collaboration with Miriam Encinas and Aleix Tobias.

Throughout her career and travels through Argentine, Portugal, Italia, Poland and more, she has moved where curiosity has led her and has drawn from various sources, especially music with Mediterranean roots, paying special attention to the Sephardic heritage (by the hand of Rosa Zaragoza) and the Arabic-Andaluce (with Amine Tilioua), always searching for different sonorities and new ways of approaching both interpretation and composition.

Ruso’s passion for collaboration has included projects with Amine Tilioua, Bente Kahan, Clara Peya, Tanit Navarro, Rosa Zaragoza, Giulia Valle, Sakapatú, Joan Isaac, Ian Sala, as well as the traditional Iberian folk group Coetus.

Antonio Sánchez is a percussionist specialized in sound effects and soundscapes. He has collaborated with countless artists: the great darbuka master Misirli Ahmet (Turkey), Maria del Mar Bonet, Silvia Pérez Cruz, Miguel Poveda, Chicuelo, Hossan Ramzi, Erkan Ogur, Ismail Tunçbilek, Levent Yildirim, Brian Dunnin, the Orchestra Chicago Symphony, Mercedes Peón, Gerard Quintana, Lluís Llach, Miguel Bosé, Víctor Manuel and Ana Belén, among others, and was a member of the Coetus percussion orchestra.

Among his discography, he appears in recordings by Maria del Mar Bonet, Silvia Pérez Cruz, Eliseo Parra, Lidia Pujol, Miquel Gil, Rosa Zaragoza, Kepa Junkera (together with Glen Vélez, Andy Narel and Marco Suzano), Alfonso Vilallonga, Los Amaya, Anita Zengeza, Balearic Symphony Orchestra, UTROPIC, Coetus, Tactequeté, Perico Sambeat, Misirli Ahmet, Jerry González, and more.

Carles Denia (Gandia, 1971) has surprises by his expressive and musical quality. Coming from a jazz background, he has renewed the various formulas of Mediterranean music. He studied at the Jazz Department of the Royal Conservatory of The Hague (Netherlands) and has toured half the world with various formations.

Singer, composer, guitarist, and producer, he unapologetically deploys his rich musical universe, the result of numerous influences (especially traditional music) from which, at the same time, he distances himself to create his own unmistakable style.

His albums: Tan alta com va la lluna, El paradís de les paraules and L´home insomne ​​​​have won various awards such as the Ovidi Montllor award in 2009, the Altavoz-Frontera award in 2010, best album of the year 2011 from Revista Sons and best Record of the Year and Best Arrangements at the 2011 Ovidi Montllor Awards, among others. In addition, he participates in several international projects with which he travels to stages around the world such as being the leading voice of Coetus, Iberian percussion orchestra. He is also actively dedicated to flamenco singing and the Valencian “Cant d’Estil”.

Born in a family of artists, Angelo Manhenzane from a very young age began to feel that music, and especially percussion, called to him. From the start, he has been interested in the different textures that percussion could offer. Thanks to this passion he has shared the stage with artists such as: Silvia Pérez Cruz, Lidia Pujol, Doudou N’dyae Rose Family (Senegal, world music), Inma Ortiz, Eliseo Parra , Carlos Nuñez, Almasala, Tactequeté, Esclat Gospel Singers & Big Mama, Carles Casas, Marçal Font, Paco Fanes, Raul Rodriguez, Sergi Sirvent, Trio Barril. He has also participated in the Carlos Saura film J: Beyond flamenco that made its world premiere at the 41st edition of the Toronto Festival.

He was a member of Coetus with whom he has played at various festivals around the world. He also participated in projects such as Funtasies, Antonio Sanchez and The drumming society, Hule Frappe, Esmeralda Colette Band and is a founding member and musical director of the boogaloo/latinfunk band: Electric Gozarela.

Acari Bertran began his musical studies with four years of music theory and cello at the Badalona Conservatory, after which he continued his musical training as an autodidact. He later entered the world of percussion, studying at the modern music school in Badalona with Ernest Martinez. He also studied with professors such as Enildo Rasua, David Dominguez, Sengane N’gome and continued his studies traveling through different countries such as Brazil and Senegal to delve into their traditional rhythms.

Apart from playing as a percussionist in different flamenco groups, he has participated in projects such as Luna Cohen group, Maracatú, N’geweul djarama, Coetus, Utrópic. etc He has shared the stage with various artists such as Eliseo Parra, Silvia Perez Cruz, Luna Cohen, Kepa Junkera, Carles Dènia, Judit Nedderman, Dodou N’diaye Rose, Carlos Nuñez and more.

He has also taught percussion classes for people with functional diversity for several years, as well as different Masterclasses of Brazilian, Flamenco and traditional Iberian Peninsula percussion.

Ana Rossi is a musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and teacher. Born in Rosario, Argentina, since the year 2000 she lives in Barcelona, ​​where she began her professional career. She trained in modern music at El Taller de Músics and L’Aula de Música moderna del Conservatori del Liceu, at the Escola de Música de Badalona and above all with private teachers and mentors and learns still today constantly and with curiosity. She plays guitar, piano and percussion.

She teaches music and currently works at Xamfrà (Centre de música i escena del Raval), at the Escola de Música d’Arenys de Munt, the Taller de música de Badalona and gives Masterclasses on vocal technique, repertoire and popular choral singing in Crisol de Cuerda , Encuentro de Música de Raiz, Encuerpa, WIM, among others.

Rossi has had the honor of working with incredible musicians and in her musical path has had special interest for traditional music: traditional Brazilian music (MPB), Argentine and Latin American folklore, traditional Iberian Peninsula music, jazz and improvisation. She is now participating in various formations: UNA (popular songs for string quartet and voice), Gafieira Miúda (samba and MPB), in duo formations with double bassist Juan Pablo Balcázar, Marta Roma, Naiara Armendáriz, etc., and has been for many years singer of the group Coetus. In 2022 she recorded her first solo album entitled “Una casa”.

Born in Granada, Fran Lucas grew up immersed in the music of his land such as flamenco and Andalusian music. He then graduated as a music teacher from the University of Granada. After playing in various bands of sifferent styles as a percussionist, he traveled to India starting in 2002 to study classical music from the North; the Hindostanic, and music of the South; the Carnatic, specializing in rhythm. He studied tabla in Varanasi with Pandit Ram Kumar Mishra, and kanjira, morshing and konnakols in Chennai with Selva Ganesh and Vikku Vinayakram (both members of the Shakti group).

Fran has participated in projects such as Calima, a group whose first album “Azul” was nominated for the 2007 Latin Grammys for best flamenco album. He has collaborated on different musical projects and with artists such as Eliseo Parra, Els Comediants, Carlos Núñez, Silvia Pérez Cruz, Marina Rossell, Raúl Rodríguez, Carles Denia and Xisco Feijoo. He collaborated as musician in the film “La Jota” by Carlos Saura and toured with “Irmandade de las Estrelas” by Carlos Nuñez. He is co-creator and artistic producer of the Rajasthan gypsy band, Dil Mastana. Also, he played in the Coetus percussion orchestra since its creation where he explored traditional Iberian rhythms and music.