Tiny Ruins
Tiny Ruins are a musical ensemble from Auckland, New Zealand.
Virgin Passages
Virgin Passages are a three piece musical ensemble from Staffordshire
Pine Valley Cosmonauts
Pine Valley Cosmonauts( PVC) are a musical ensemble from Chicago, Illinois.
Kopačka (folklore ensemble)
Kopačka is a folklore musical ensemble from Dramče, North Macedonia.
Founded in 1948, it is the oldest of its kind in North Macedonia, even older than the most famous Macedonian folklore ensemble Tanec, which was founded in 1949.
The ensemble is best known for the dance with the same name" Kopačka".
In November 2008, the Kopačka ensemble marked its 60 years jubilee.
There was also a guest ensemble from Melnik, Bulgaria.
Memphis Jug Band
The Memphis Jug Band was an American musical group active from the mid-1920s to the late 1950s.
The band featured harmonica, kazoo, fiddle and mandolin or banjolin, backed by guitar, piano, washboard, washtub bass and jug.
They played slow blues, pop songs, humorous songs and upbeat dance numbers with jazz and string band flavors.
The band made the first commercial recordings in Memphis, Tennessee, and recorded more sides than any other prewar jug band.
Beginning in 1926, African- American musicians in the Memphis area grouped around the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player Will Shade( also known as Son Brimmer or Sun Brimmer).
The personnel of the band varied from day to day, with Shade booking gigs and arranging recording sessions.
The band was as a training ground for musicians who would go on to make careers of their own.
The Christians (band)
The Christians are a musical ensemble from Liverpool, England, who had the highest selling debut album of any artist at Island Records and international chart hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Musica Alta Ripa
Musica Alta Ripa is a musical ensemble from Hanover, specializing in Baroque music on period instruments.
Collections of Colonies of Bees
Collections of Colonies of Bees is an American musical ensemble from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Tanec
Tanec is a folklore musical ensemble from Skopje, North Macedonia.
It is considered as an ambassador of the Macedonian folklore tradition worldwide.
La Serenissima (musical ensemble)
La Serenissima is a British early music/ period instrument ensemble founded in 1994 by violinist Adrian Chandler, who has served as the group's director since its creation.
Taking its name from" La Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia"( Italian for The Most Serene Republic of Venice), the ensemble specializes in the music of Venetian Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi( 1678 – 1741) and his contemporaries.
Established in 1994, La Serenissima is recognised as the UK's leading exponent of the music of eighteenth century Venice and connected composers.
Uniquely, the group's entire repertoire is edited from manuscript or contemporary sources, and it has been praised for its" glorious and all- too- rare ability to make one ’s pulse race afresh with every new projectGramophone").
Since its first release on the AVIE label in 2003, La Serenissima's recordings have been lauded by numerous publications and have attracted multiple award nominations;" Vivaldi: The French Connection" won the 2010 Gramophone Award for Baroque Instrumental.
Their interpretation of" The Four Seasons" was released in 2015, reaching Number 8 in the UK Specialist Classical Chart and featured as Editor's Choice( Gramophone Magazine) and Concerto Choice( BBC Music Magazine).
Their 2017 release" The Italian Job" has been praised on BBC Radio 3's Record Review and on Classic FM as ‘ Drive Discovery ’, reached the Top Ten in the UK Specialist Classical Albums Chart, and won the 2017 Gramophone Award for Baroque Instrumental in the ceremony's 40 Anniversary year.
The ensemble's 2018 release" Vivaldi x 2" is a disc of double concertos for pairs of horns and oboes, and violin and cello.
It entered the UK Classical Music Charts at No. 1 in the week of its release, and featured as Classic FM's Album of the Week.
La Serenissima has performed internationally to acclaim; recent highlights include concerts at Bridgewater Hall, Sage Gateshead and Wigmore Hall, festivals in Petworth, Sablé, Swansea and Valletta, and performances of Brescianello's opera" Tisbe" at the 2018 Buxton International Festival.
During 2017 the ensemble curated its first residency" The Grand Tour" at St John's Smith Square, performing little- known works by Brescianello, Caldara and Dall ’ Abaco amongst others of the Italian baroque; the group gave three performances with choir and soloists at the 2017 Vivaldi in Venice Festival for Martin Randall Travel.
La Serenissima is proud to have the backing of its Honorary Patron, His Excellency The Italian Ambassador.

Question: Are Memphis Jug Band and La Serenissima (Musical Ensemble) from the same country?
Answer: no