Horizonte 2025 Scott & Lila / Cymin Samawatie Trio

In the organizer's words:

Scott & Lila

Lila Despoix - voice, ukulele

Scott Hildebrand - guitars, vocals

SCOTT & LILA are an acoustic duo from Chicago

and Paris, based in Berlin. They play feel-good

music that combines indie folk, jazz and blues, and

perform their own songs with harmonious vocals,

accompanied by guitar, harmonica and ukulele. The

duo got to know each other in 2019 while making street music

and have been touring the world ever since.

They have shared the stage with renowned artists such as Anthony Lazaro

John Craigie, Beranger, and The Hoosiers. Their music has been

regularly played on the German "RBB Radio", and they have

performed live on ZDF. With further tours through Europe, the

USA and South Korea, they have delighted audiences everywhere.

In 2023, SCOTT & LILA released a double single

with Anthony Lazaro, which achieved international success and

now has 1 million streams on Spotify. Their

spontaneous street performances have earned them a large

fanbase on TikTok, with several viral videos that

videos that capture their raw, authentic style.

Cymin Samawatie Trio

Cymin Samawatie - vocals & piano

Maria Reich - violin

Milian Vogel - bass clarinet & electronics

With her ensemble, founded in 2022, Cymin Samawatie presents herself as a pianist for the first time - experimental, multilingual and full of sonic curiosity. She interweaves warm woodwind colors with urban live electronics, Persian poetry and free improvisation.

The virtuoso ensemble plays with groove, breaks up structures, creates dense textures and lets soundscapes breathe, screech and shimmer. Every note is a statement - between composition and spontaneous sound development.

Known through Cyminology, the Trickster Orchestra and ECM releases, Samawatie presents herself here as a style-defining sound artist. Awarded the German Jazz Prize 2022, among others, she is one of the most important visionaries of contemporary music in Germany - uncompromising, poetic, electrifying.