Born in Dresden, Stephan Loges belongs to the great central European tradition. Starting as a member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor, he studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and then won the 1999 Wigmore Hall International Song Competition. He appears regularly in recital throughout the world, in venues including the Wigmore Hall; Carnegie Hall; Concertgebouw Amsterdam; Klavierfestival Ruhr; 92nd Street Y, New York and the Vocal Arts Series in Washington. He is familiar to Scottish audiences through appearance at the Edinburgh Festival, with the SCO (most memorably recently performing a set of orchestrated Schubert songs with them) and through regular appearances at Perth Concert Hall - notably at Perth's Schubertiad 2008.

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Sheila Chandra first found fame as an actress - in Grange Hill - but I heard her first performing an astonishing piece of mouth-music inspired by tabla playing. That was 15 years ago, and she has continued to follow her own path musically, exploring aspects of Asian and European vocal traditions en route. Her fascination with drones has brought her close to the piping traditions of Scotland, and she had a great success with her recording of McCrimmond's Lament. Her performance at East Neuk Festival contributes to a mini-strand of contrasting vocal traditions - the others being English (The Orlando Consort and Tuvan (Huun Huur Tu). They are programmed to complement and contrast with each other.

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