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Okotécho guides the listener into a sonic world brimming with hope, aspiration, and lyricism found in the exceptional interlude between the Middle East, Arboriginal and the West. Under the artistic direction of composer Katia Makdissi-Warren, Okotécho explores mixed music and musical sounds through its own compositions.
Artistic Direction
Katia Makdissi-Warren
Composer and artistic director
Lydia Etok
Inuit Throat Singer & co-artistic director of Oktoecho for the Inuit chapter
Nina Segalowitz
Inuit throat singer & dine, and co-artistic director - Indigenous component (First Nations and Inuit)
Musicians and Artists
Adam Barrada
Whirling dervish
Anouar Barrada
Soufi Singer
Bertil Schulrabe
Drummer et percussionist
David Ryshpan
Jazz pianist
Hélène Martel
Jazz Signer
Kathia Rock
Innu multidisciplinary artist
Lydia Etok
Inuit Throat Singer & co-artistic director of Oktoecho for the Inuit chapter
Moe Clark
Métis/mixed settler multidisciplinary artist
Nina Segalowitz
Inuit throat singer & dine, and co-artistic director - Indigenous component (First Nations and Inuit)
Sierra Segalowitz
Inuit throat singing
Valérie Belzile
Violonist
Étienne Lafrance
Double bass player
Alice St-Onge Ricard
Okto-relève & Flutist
Aymen Trabelsi
Nay
Buffalo Hat singers
Singers and drummers pow wow
Didem Başar
Kanun player
Joseph Khoury
Percussionist
Khalil Moqadem
Oud and Andalusian violin
Marc Labranche
Cellist
Mohamed Raki
Percussionnis (drabki)
Phyras Haddad
Percussionist
Tawhida Tanya Evanson
Sufi Whirling dervish
Wapan Boivin
Atikamekw singer and drummer
Amina Myriam Tébini
Violist
Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo
Mohawk danser
Carla Antoun
Cello
Eryk Warren
Electroacoustic Music
Joséphine Bacon
Innu poet
Louisa Quaritalyu
Inuit Throat Singer
Michel Dubeau
Multi-instrumentist
Niap
Inuit multidisciplinary artist
Sandrine Masse
Wendat singer-songwriter and violist
Tiphaine Legrand
Choir director
Ziad Chbat
Nay
Production Management
France Gaignard
Associate Executive Director, Communications and Booking
Jacob Lacroix-Cardinal
Audio Engineer
Board of Directors
Katia Makdissi-Warren
Composer and artistic director
Marie-José Karam
President
Myriam Brahimcha
Secretary