Pianist/composer Sylvie Courvoisier, originally from Switzerland, has lived in Brooklyn for 20 years. She has led several groups over the years, recorded 10 albums as a band leader, and appeared in about 50 albums (25 Cds co-leader and 25 cds as a side person) for different labels, notably ECM, Tzadik and Intakt Records.

Courvoisier has performed and recorded with John Zorn, Yusef Lateef, Mark Feldman,
Erik Friedlander, Joey Baron, Ellery Eskelin, Susie Ibarra ,Tim Berne , Wadada Leo Smith and the flamenco dancer Israel Galvan among others.

Currently, she is the leader of her own Trio with Kenny Wollesen and Drew Gress ; co-leads the Miller's Tale QUARTET with Evan Parker, Ikue Mori and Mark Feldman ; the VWCR QUARTET with Ken Vandermark, Nate Wooley and Tom Rainey and TISM Quartet with Tom Rainey, Ingrid Laubrock and Mark Feldman.
Since 1997, she performs regularly in Solo and in Duo with Mark Feldman. Since 2017, she plays in duo with Mary Halvorson. 
Since 2010, she has been a pianist and composer for Flamenco dancer Israel Galvan's project "La Curva". In 2018, Galvan and Courvoisier premiered "Cast-a- Net", a new project with Evan Parker, Mark Feldman, and Ikue Mori. In 2020, they premiered "La Consagracion de la primavera" with Cory Smythe, performing the Stravinky's Rite of Spring and Courvoisier's Spectro for two pianos and dance. 

Courvoisier received numerous awards including the United States Artist Fellow (2020); the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists (2018); Swiss Music Prize (2018); Switzerland SUISA’s Jazz Prize (2017); and Switzerland's Grand Prix de la Fondation Vaudoise de la Culture (2010). She received commissions to compose new works from The Shifting Foundation (2019) and the Chamber Music America's New Jazz Works (2016).

Composer/Performer Ned Rothenberg has been internationally acclaimed for both his solo and ensemble music, presented for the past 35 years on 5 continents. He performs primarily on alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, and the shakuhachi - an endblown Japanese bamboo flute. His solo work utilizes an expanded palette of sonic language, creating a kind of personal idiom all its own. In an ensemble setting, he leads the trio Sync, with Jerome Harris, guitars and Samir Chatterjee, tabla, works with the Mivos string quartet playing his Quintet for Clarinet and Strings and collaborates around the world with fellow improvisors, including John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Sylvie Courvoisier, Sainkho Namtchylak and Steve Nieve. Recent recordings include In Cahoots, with Mark Feldman and Sylvie Courvoisier (Clean Feed), Antiphonen, with Sainkho Namtchylak and Dieb13 (Klanggalerie), The World of Odd Harmonics, Ryu Nashi (new music for shakuhachi), Quintet for clarinet and Strings and Inner Diaspora, all on John Zorn's Tzadik label, as well as Live at Roulette with Evan Parker, and The Fell Clutch, on Rothenberg's Animul label. He has been Associate Professor in the Ensemble dept. at Berklee College of Music, instructor and artist in residence at Marlboro College and currently teaches at The New School College of Performing Arts in New York City.clarinet, bass clarinet, and the shakuhachi - an endblown Japanese bamboo flute. His solo work utilizes an expanded palette of sonic language, creating a kind of personal idiom all its own.  In an ensemble setting, he leads the trio Sync, with Jerome Harris, guitars and Samir Chatterjee, tabla, works with the Mivos string quartet playing his Quintet for Clarinet and Strings and collaborates around the world with fellow improvisors, including John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Sylvie Courvoisier, Sainkho Namtchylak and Steve Nieve.  Recent recordings include In Cahoots, with Mark Feldman and Sylvie Courvoisier (Clean Feed), Antiphonen, with Sainkho Namtchylak and Dieb13 (Klanggalerie), The World of Odd Harmonics, Ryu Nashi (new music for shakuhachi), Quintet for clarinet and Strings and Inner Diaspora, all on John Zorn's Tzadik label, as well as Live at Roulette with Evan Parker,  and The Fell Clutch, on Rothenberg’s Animul label. He has been Associate Professor in the Ensemble dept. at Berklee College of Music, instructor and artist in residence at Marlboro College and currently teaches at The New School College of Performing Arts in New York City.