- bandleading & curation Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq
- co-leading & hosting Eric Vaughn
- arrangements Alaa Zouiten * Anne Mette Iversen * Daniel Marques * Daniel Stawinski * Ira Shiran * Kelvin Sholar * Lionel Haas * Max Hughes * Michael Winograd * Nevo Bar * Reggie Moore * Tal Balshai
- accordion Ira Shiran * Sanne Möricke
- balafon Aly Keïta
- bass Ahmad Hani * Carmelo Leotta * Charles Sammons * Gbemu Kwame Sometimer * Horst Nonnenmacher * Josh Ginsburg * Matt Adomeit * Max Hughes * Oliver Potratz * Tomáš Baroš
- bongo Amoy Ribas
- c flute Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq
- clarinet Adrien Braud * Emil Goldschmidt * Michael Winograd
- caxixi Amoy Ribas
- congas Alfred Mehnert * Christian Wasdaris * Hogir Göregen * Lucía Martínez Alonso * Robby Geerken
- davul Hogir Göregen
- darbuka Hogir Göregen
- djembe Akinola Famson * Badou M'Baye * Yoro M'baye
- drums Ekow Alabi Savage * Eric Vaughn * Hampus Melin * Kenny Martin * Lucía Martínez Alonso * Marlon Browden * Muhammad Ra’fat * Wiljoph Sunday Mounkassa Williams
- english horn Michael Winograd
- ganzá Amoy Ribas
- gayageum Sung Jun Ko
- guimbri Momo Djender
- guitar Alex Baboian * Arenor Anuku * Charles Frechette * Daniel Marques * Eudinho Soares * J.C. Doo-Kingué * Johan Leijonhufvud * Michael Glucksmann * Momo Djender * Sung Jun Ko * Tal Arditi
- harp Teresa Geisler
- kanjira Christian Wasdaris
- kanun Shingo Ali Masuda
- ney Valentina Bellanova
- oud Alaa Zouiten * Momo Djender * Sung Jun Ko * Wassim Mukdad
- pandeiro Amoy Ribos
- piano Annette Wizisla * Carly Quiroz * Declan Forde * Eyal Lovett * Joel Holmes * Kelvin Sholar * Konstantin Khazanovich * Lionel Haas * Patrick Farrell * Rolf Zielke * Povel Widestrand * Reggie Moore * Tal Balshai * Tino Derado * Uri Gincel
- piccolo Mack Goldsbury
- repinique & repique de mao Amoy Ribas
- sax Ben Kraef * Dustin Drews * Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq * Herbie H. Hart * Jan von Klewitz * Marlisa Marjory Fisher * Ondřej Štveráček * Richard Howell * Willie Pollock
- shakuhachi Yusuke Yamasaki
- sitar Matyas Wolter
- tabla Yatziv Caspi
- tamborim Amoy Ribos
- tamboura Mario Molle
- trombone Baron Arnold * Geoffroy De Masure * Rob Gutowski * Sören Fischer
- trumpet Christian Graband * Christine del Pierro * Christoph Titz * Damir Backicin * El Congo Allen * Fritz Moshammer * Terence Harper
- vibraphone Volker Fry
- violin Alexey Kochetkov * Roland Satterwhite
- vocals Angela Ordu * Badou M'Baye * Bertolt Karsten Troyke * Carla Caballero Figueroa * Celine Rudolph * Ekow Alabi Savage * Jarita Freydank * Lucia Fodde * Mayelis Guyat Jarrosay * Mette Nadja Hansen * Miriam Netti * Momo Djender * Natalie Greffel * Orielis Mayat Lugo * Selina Manthatisi Goecke * Vido Jelashe Mbutuma * Wincent Leonard Gromm * Yamil Borg
