Gunther Barten
Gunther Barten (penningmeester/treasurer of Futurists Foundation)– managing director of Rumor festival (Utrecht, Netherlands) for the past 17 years.
Richard Ayres
Richard Ayres (secretaris/secretary of Futurists Foundation) – born in Cornwall (Great Britain) in 1965. In 1986 he followed Morton Feldman’s classes at the Darmstadt and Dartington summer schools, and after this experience decided to make music a full-time occupation. He studied composition at the University of Huddersfield, and postgraduate composition with Louis Andriessen at the […]
Thomas Brand
Thomas Brand – Dutch visual artist with experience as a filmmaker, animator and lighting designer. Disciplines that he likes to combine in immersive, interdisciplinary projects. He creates images in which the viewer can literally get lost, using everything his arsenal has to offer. After completing his studies at the Hogeschool van Utrecht, Thomas started working […]
Nine van Weert
Nine van Weert (1998) – is a costume designer specializing in hatmaking. She graduated as a milliner and textile designer from SintLucas Boxtel in 2018. After interning with milliners Philip Treacy and Awon Golding, she continued her studies as a costume designer at The Institute of Performative Arts in Maastricht, graduating in 2022. She has […]
Aleksej Ovsiannikov
Aleksej Ovsiannikov – actor and theatre maker. In 2024, Aleksej was seen as a performer for Marina Abramovic at the Stedelijk Museum. In 2021, he graduated from the Mime Department at the Amsterdam University of the Arts with his own work: Annihilation – I reduce to nothing. He also previously completed the KleinKunst Department Selma […]
Juho Myllylä
Juho Myllylä – is a recorder player and versatile musician. At the Conservatorium van Amsterdam he studied recorder with Jorge Isaac, completing his master’s degree in 2020. Since 2016, Juho has worked with the world-renowned Renaissance recorder ensemble The Royal Wind Music. With the Finnish Ensemble Gamut!, Juho constantly explores new ways of performing early […]
Pau Sola Masafrets
Pau Sola Masafrets – is a cellist. He studied classical cello (CdBadalona 2007); is also a graduate in composition (Esmuc, Barcelona 2012); post graduate in chamber music (Esmuc, Barcelona 2015); master in cello jazz specialized in carnatic music (CvA, Amsterdam 2019); Somatic dance practice (ELAP, Utrecht). He is part of various different ensembles and projects […]
Dennis Massar
Dennis Massar – is a passionate dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher with a unique voice in contemporary dance. He became deaf at a young age and has worn cochlear implants since childhood. He graduated from the dance academy of ArtEZ University of the Arts in Arnhem, where he developed into a contemporary dancer, creator, and […]
Sharon Wesseling
Sharon Wesseling (1994) – (nominated for the Innovation Award for the Dutch Dance Festival Maastricht 2025) is a choreographer, dancer, and teacher. Despite suffering permanent hearing damage from a chronic middle ear infection and fourteen hearing surgeries at a young age, she became world champion with her hip-hop team. In 2019, she graduated as a […]
Ali Shafiee
Ali Shafiee – dove acteur, docent en regisseur. Leider van zijn eigen gezelschap Visueel Theater. Ik ben in 1970 geboren in Iran. Als kind had ik altijd al een sterke voorliefde voor toneel. Op school deed ik graag mee met alles wat maar met toneel te maken had! Een toneelopleiding was vroeger niet toegankelijk voor […]