Manos Mourikis is a violinist specialising in makam and Ottoman classical music. He undertook advanced studies in classical violin at the Orfeio Conservatory of Athens, before turning his full focus toward modal traditions. A student of Evgenios Voulgaris, he has previously studied with leading figures such as Michalis Kouloumis and Kudsi Erguner, while also participating in seminars and workshops across Greece with musicians including Ross Daly and Giorgos Papaioannou. Manos is a founding member of Yeden Duo, performing Ottoman classical music primarily in the UK and France, and is also a founding member of the Gurbet Ensemble.

Nikolaos Palamidas is a Greek London-born oud player, focused on various musical traditions of Greece, Turkey and the Balkans. Initially having learnt Greek Bouzouki to familiarise himself with Greek urban folk music (Rebetiko), his attention quickly turned to the Oud and its large role in Anatolian and middle-eastern folk and traditional music.

He is passionate about secular and spiritual music of the Ottoman empire, leading him to pursue many workshops and seminars on the subject.

He is a part of London’s vibrant Greek music scene as well as being involved in the inception of various projects focused on the modal tradition of the Ottoman empire such as the London-based Yeden duo and the Gurbet Ensemble.

Maria Asmi was born and raised in Greece. Her interest in music developed at a very early age, influenced by Eastern melodic traditions, as her father is a lafta (Politiko lute) player.

She initially studied the saz with Evgenios Voulgaris, but later discovered the kanun, which became her main artistic focus. She was introduced to the instrument by Maria Papageorgiou and continued her studies with Tasos Poulios.

Her repertoire includes Greek traditional music, Turkish folk melodies, Ottoman classical repertoire, and musical traditions from the wider Eastern Mediterranean. In parallel, she studied Byzantine ecclesiastical music with her father and the makam modal system with Evgenios Voulgaris, Haris Lambrakis, Nikos Paroulakis and Nektarios Stamatelos.

She has participated in seminars with Stefanos Dorbarakis, Ilias Mantikos, and Marina Liontou-Mohamed, and has been a member of various musical ensembles. She is currently a member of Gurbet Ensemble.

Aristide Mesnil-Boudalikas is a French-Greek musician specializing in the Lyra of Constantinople. Born in 1993 to a Greek mother and a French father, he grew up influenced by his father's guitar and his grandfather's Thracian bagpipes. After a decade of playing guitar, he discovered and developed a passion for the Lyra of Constantinople and traditional Mediterranean music. He studied with Chrysanthi Gkika and participated in numerous ensembles and masterclasses with renowned musicians such as Ross Daly, Sokratis Sinopoulos, Charis Lamprakis, Derya Turkan, Murat Aydemir, and Mohannad Nasser. In 2025, he contracted tendinitis, which temporarily sidelined him from playing the lyra, and he turned to playing the bendir.

Malcolm began experimenting with the construction of tubes for music production when he came across the ney, for which he quickly developed an obsession. Since then, he has studied ney and makam with Harris Lambrakis, Nikos Paraoulakis, Sadreddin Özçimi, Ross Daly, Kelly Thoma, Christos Barbas, and others. He plays mainly classical Ottoman music, but also traditional music from the region and Greek Laiko and Entehno. Originally from Athens, he moved to Paris for work, where he is a Member of Gurbet Ensemble and Almyra.