Artists & Scholars / Bands (below)

Manuela Becker (Germany/Austria, Singer and teacher):
  - Festival Week: Let's talk – Yiddish Literature
Alan Bern (USA/Germany; piano, accordion, program direction):
  - Artistic direction
  - Faculty: New Yiddish Song, Dance Music Orchestra, New Yiddish Music
  - Festival Week: Free Klezmer Duos (Director)
  - A shtim fun harts
  - Concert: Arkady Gendler Project
Paulette Bielasiak (France):
  - Festival Week: Yiddish Cooking
Salomon Bielasiak (France):
  - Festival Week: Yiddish Conversation Table
Paul Brody (USA/Germany; trumpet):
  - Faculty: New Yiddish Music
Mathieu Chastagnol (France, Cello):
  - Concert: Kràsa Quartet
Nicolaas Cottenie (Belgium; violin, viola):
  - Concert: Arkady Gendler Project
Christian Dawid (Germany; clarinet):
  - Concert: Arkady Gendler Project (Director)
Patrick Farrell (USA; accordion):
  - Artist-in-Residence: New Yiddish Song
  - Faculty: New Yiddish Music
  - Festival Week: Free Klezmer Duos
Johannes Paul Gräßer (Germany; violin)
  - Faculty: New Yiddish Music
  - Concert: modern klezmer quartet
Alex Haas (Germany; Double-bass, composer):
  - Concert: Modern Klezmer Quartet
Daniel Kahn (USA/Germany; voice, accordion):
  - Faculty: New Yiddish Song
  - Concert: STRANGELOVESONGS - Daniel Kahn & Sasha Lurje, Arkady Gendler Project
Steffen Illner (Germany; bass):
  - Concert: Fayvish
Julia Kabakova (Russia; cello):
  - Concert: Arkady Gendler Project
Mark Kovnatskiy (Russia/Germany;violin):
  - YSW Fellow
  - Concert: Arkady Gendler Project
Svetlana Kundish (Israel/Austria; voice):
  - Faculty: New Yiddish Song
  - Concert: Kol Ishe, Arkady Gendler Project
Franka Lampe (Germany; accordion):
  - Concert: Modern Klezmer Quartet
Ludovic Lantner (France; violin):
  - Concert: Kràsa Quartet (Director)
Sasha Lurje (Latvia; voice):
  - Faculty: New Yiddish Song (Coordinator)
  - A shtim fun harts
  - Concert: STRANGELOVESONGS - Daniel Kahn & Sasha Lurje, Arkady Gendler Project
Lucia Martínez (Spain/Germany; percussion, drums):
  - Concert: Fayvish
Diana Matut (Germany; voice, musicology):
  - Faculty: Children's Songs Workshop
Sanne Möricke (Netherlands/Germany; accordion):
  - Concert: Kol Ishe
Simon Neuberg (; Yiddish language):
  - Faculty: Intermediate Yiddish Language
Andrea Pancur (Germany; voice):
  - Festival Week: Coordinator
  - Concert: modern klezmer quartet (Director), Arkady Gendler Project
Sébastien Plays (France; violin):
  - Concert: Kràsa Quartet
Manielle Renaud (France; viola):
  - Concert: Kràsa Quartet
Alexey Rozov (Russia;violin):
  - YSW Fellow
  - Concert: Arkady Gendler Project
Andreas Schmitges (Germany; dance, program assistance):
  - Faculty: Dance for Everyone (Coordinator), Children's Songs Workshop
Fabian Schnedler (Germany; voice)
  - Concert: Fayvish (Director), Arkady Gendler Project
Ilya Shneyveys (Latvia; accordion, piano):
  - Faculty: New Yiddish Song, Dance Music Orchestra (Coordinator), New Yiddish Music
  - Concert: Arkady Gendler Project
Deborah Strauss (USA; violin, voice)
  - Concert: Figelin
Yuri Vedenyapin (USA; Yiddish language):
  - Faculty: Advanced Yiddish Language
Vanessa Vromans (Australia/Netherlands/Germany; violin):
  - Concert: Figelin, Kol Ishe
Josh Waletzky (USA; composer/musician/teacher):
  - Faculty: New Yiddish Song
  - Festival Week: Josh Waletzky Film Retrospective
Steven Weintraub (USA; dance):
  - Faculty: Dance for Everyone
Evita Wiecki (Poland/Germany;):
  - Festival Week: Let's talk – Yiddish Literature
Michael Winograd (USA; clarinet):
  - Artist-in-Residence: New Yiddish Song
  - Faculty: New Yiddish Music
  - Festival Week: Free Klezmer Duos
Vivien Zeller (Germany; violin):
  - Faculty: Dance for Everyone
  - Concert: Figelin

Bands:
The Arkady Gendler-Project
Fayvish
Figelin
Kol Ishe
Kràsa Quartet
modern klezmer quartet
STRANGELOVESONGS - Daniel Kahn & Sasha Lurje