Womanimation! 2024 Judges

After last year's success, we again assembled a unique jury of talented women musicians to review this year's festival films.

All of the following women at one point have topped one of the MergingArts Global Radio weekly charts.

Be sure to check out their links below and hear some fantastic music from around the globe!

Jury Members

Adela Mede (Slovakia/Hungary) - Artist and composer of experimental electronic music, creating music that explores intimacy and spiritual growth through minimalist soundscapes and vocal work.

Aiace (Brazil) - Singer-songwriter using elements of Brazilian popular music, jazz, and elements of rock, but without forgetting her ancestral Afro-Bahian roots

Amada (Italy) - Singer-songwriter blending traditional sounds from Italy, Cape Verde, Argentina, and the Mediterranean with chamber music and modern musical influences

Bilja Krstić (Serbia) - Veteran singer with a fifty-year career spanning pop/rock, children's music, traditional folk music, and composition for film, television and theatre.

Blanca Altable (Spain) - Prominent violinist in the traditional and neo-traditional Castilian music scene, blending traditional and non-traditional rhythms, reinterpreting dulzaina for violin, and incorporating technologies such as pedals, loops, and MIDI controllers.

Hysterrae (Italy/Iran) - Four women from different ethnic and musical cultures, from Tehran, Iran to Campania, Italy. Abstracting from the elements of each tradition, they create a hypnotic journey connecting voices, percussion, and melodies

Jenni Venäläinen (Finland) - Kantele player and singer playing different kinds of kanteles from 5-stringed kantele to 38-stringed concert kantele

Mariana Masetto (Argentina) - Musician, singer, composer, professional yoga teacher, writer and teacher

Mariana's special festival performance can be seen here.

Swarupa Ananth (India) - Percussionist and producer, entrepreneur, and online music educator

Teea Aarnio (Finland) - Vocalist, composer, interdisciplinary artist, lyricist and music facilitator

Zvezdana Novaković ZveN (Slovenia) - Singer and harpist combining traditional folk, jazz, classical, electronic music and performing arts