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RADIKINAS
Portugal
Showcase: Mosaicollective
Artists: Elena La Conte, Kristina Van de Sand & Margherita Lavosi
Tiny roots under the earth become sprouts and, gradually, something much bigger! The performance tells the story of a seed that, driven by the wind, falls into the earth and is welcomed by it. The seed transforms and gives rise to a network of roots that communicate with each other, in a place that you can't see, but that pulses and is full of life. This place is inhabited by different creatures, each playing a fundamental role in the life cycles of all the others, where communication takes place through different languages that are not always linear and where diversity is a richness and nourishment. Water, the primary source of life, is what brings us back to the surface and allows the seeds to become sprouts and, little by little, something even greater.
YAM Showcases '25
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From Junk to Music
Estonia
By: Silver Sepp
Artist: Silver Sepp
Silver Sepp's concert is a captivating musical journey designed for young audiences. Featuring his unique fantasy instruments—crafted from everyday objects and natural materials—Sepp creates magical soundscapes that spark imagination and curiosity. With his grandfather's bicycle wheel, rusty iron nails inside a tree trunk, old skis, and other repurposed items, he transforms ordinary "junk" into extraordinary instruments, weaving them into music and songs. Through live performances and interactive moments, Sepp introduces audiences to the endless creative possibilities of music, encouraging them to explore the vibrations, rhythms, and sounds of simple objects in new ways. Silver’s concert inspires to discover that music-making is for everyone.
By: CMT
Artist: Inês Rodrigues da Silva
Opus 8 is the son of Orizuro. It flies through nurseries and kindergartens to meet infants and toddlers to play with. It is agile and colourful, singing and traveling according to the taste of sounds and movement. Its arrival is announced. After its visits, kids look forward to see him later, grown up, but always ready to play. PaPI-Opus 8 integrates the Mil Pássaros Constellation and the Portable Play to Play (PaPI), a set of music-theatrical pieces characterized by portability and specifically designed to be presented in nursery and kindergarten rooms.
ENKEL
Finland
Artists: Leija Lautamaja, Miia Palomäki, Maija Pokela & Iida Savolainen
ENKEL are a traditional music band from Finland made up of two melodeons, kantele, viola and four voices; four personable, unique and folky women with their instruments, sharing a great passion for traditional music. ENKEL’s working motto? “Tradition Forever!” That being said, growing up in the 90’s has unquestionably had an impact on the way they see music and the group are not afraid to let it show. Picking out interesting areas of the Finnish tradition and giving them new life by adding the distinctive ENKEL vibe, they craft strong and meaningful performances. Furthermore, the band aren’t afraid to explore a full range of emotions or to use the voice or dance to convey their message to audiences.
Next Station?
Serbia
By: Meraki Sting Quartet
Artists: Violeta Ćirić, Nada Šarković, Ena Vaganek and
Magdalena Matić
String Quartet Meraki, founded in 2020, has performed widely across Serbia and Europe and is the resident quartet of Jeunesses Musicales Serbia. With a passion for exploring music beyond the stage, they bring classical traditions to life in fresh, engaging ways. At YAMsession 2025, Meraki invites audiences to experience Next Station? — a playful, interactive concert that leaves chairs and music stands behind. Blending famous string quartets with arrangements from different musical traditions, Next Station? is a wordless journey through friendship, curiosity and cultural connection — all told through music and movement for listeners aged 2 to 102.
Dhamal World Collective
Finland & India
Artists: Charlotta Kerbs & Sunjay Khan
Explosive rhythms, captivating and magical melodies with the pulse of North Indian and Ostrobothnian folk music. Musicians Charlotta (Finland) Kerbs and Sunjay Khan (India), aka Dhamal World Collective, is a meeting of cultures in a fascinating and colorful world. This multicultural concert expresses joy, love and light, plays with language and rhythms and takes the listener on a completely unique experience and journey.
"We believe that music can promote a happy, open and friendly world - welcome to our journey, namaste!"
Charlotta Kerbs is a multi-genre singer and songwriter from Ostrobothnia, who works and travels with music around Europe, West Africa, the US and India. Sanjay Khan is a seventh generation musician from Jaipur, India, representing and bringing Indian classical and Sufi music to hearts all over the world.
Kabunga
Mali
Artists: Zonatan Dembele & Zouratie Koné
Kabunga is a project of the Malian artist Zonatan Dembele, bass player of various internationally renowned artists including Rokia Traoré. From 2015 he plays with Kabunga in music bars, cultural centres and on festivals in Mali and Belgium surrounding himself with professional musicians from all over the world.
Kabunga submerges you in the ancient musical tradition of the Bwa people living in Mali and Burkina Faso. Source of inspiration are the traditional Deni rhythms played at the end of the harvest season when people come together to relax, sing and dance. Kabunga blends the authentic Bwa music with other African rhythms, jazz and blues into an interesting tradi-modern sound.
Kabunga’s music grooves like Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat. Core of the sound are the originally used an’an and dumanu drums, completed with Malian and Western instruments - ngoni, tama, balafon, drums, bass, guitar and sax. True to the Bwa tradition, Kabunga’s repertoire is a vibrant celebration of life, that alternates up-tempo catchy tunes with more quiet, subdued songs.