Katarina Pejak is a singer-songwriter from Belgrade, Serbia, and a Berklee College of Music graduate (class of 2014). She was formerly based in Nashville, Tennessee, and was also a recording artist for European blues label Ruf Records (based in Germany). Pejak has participated in a number of FOSDI’s projects, such as ‘Different Face of Serbia’ (presented at a final event at the London School of Economics) and ‘Let Me Be Myself’ (presented in Rome, Italy).

Her career includes experience in teaching, mentoring and networking within diverse areas and communities. She has worked as a mentor to young songwriters at Berklee College of Music for the Berklee Songwriting Week (summer of 2015).

In 2017, Pejak ran a concert series in Kolkata, India, for students of the Ashok Hall Group Schools – representing the diversity of musical and artistic expression and promoting gender equality.

In 2019, she joined the women blues touring act The Blues Caravan, along with Finnish artist Ina Forsman, and American artist Ally Venable. Countries visited included Germany, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Sweden and the UK. Their performance in Belgrade was supported by the Embassy of the United States, as a part of the country’s cultural exchange scheme.

An accomplished multi-instrumentalist, Julien Osty (Bachelor’s degree in Music, 2009, and Master’s degree in 2016)developed his skills onstage and during studio recording sessions. He is a former staff accompanist at Berklee College of Music (Boston), a live engineer assistant and a stage manager at Berklee Valencia Campus (Spain).

Osty has performed, as a sideman and leader, all over the world, gaining experience on music tours and luxury cruise line contracts. He is currently working on original material for his project, Julien Osty Trio.

Kostas Milonas was born on August 12, 1988, in Trikala, Greece. He started playing music at the age of three and became a professional drummer at the age of 10. From a very young age he had his first experience of percussion, the piano and guitar, but the drums inspired him the most.

During his career as an all-round drummer he has worked with artists such as Carole King, Willie Nelson, Annie Lennox, Tina Arena, maestro Jorge Calandrelli, film composer Michel Legrand, Alexandra Burke, Tammy McCann, Kris Kristofferson, Steve Wood, Sissel Kyrkjebø, Daniella Lugassy, Deborah Myers, John Patitucci, Steve Bailey, Mario Frangoulis and Alkistis Protopsalti. Milonas is currently the drummer for Greek pop star Despina Vandi.

He holds a degree in drums from Philippos Nakas Conservatory and the London College Of Music, and recently graduated with honours with a degree in performance from the Berklee College Of Music. Milonas has studied performance with great musicians such as Rod Morgenstein, Ian Froman, John Blackwell , Bob Gulloti , Kim Plainfield , Marko Djordjevic , Ed Saindon, Gustavo Agatiello and Ilias Doumanis.

“I have an individual approach to each student, and I try to offer them a safe environment to feel comfortable and free, to explore and learn. My goal is to help my students find their own voice, their uniqueness, and give them tools in order to manage as a musician in the professional world. After 30 years in my musical career, I try to teach what I think is most important for a vocalist.”