Philip Catherine uit Belgïe wordt internationaal erkend als één van de beste jazz gitaristen ter wereld. Hij trad op of deed plaatopnames met veel van de legendarische jazz-grootmeesters: Dexter Gordon, Charlie Mingus, Benny Goodman, Chet Baker, Stéphane Grappelli, Larry Coryell, Carla Bley en Mike Mantler, Jean Luc Ponty,Didier Lockwood, Christian Escoudé, Charlie Mariano, Michaël Gibbsand en vele anderen ... Met zijn solo-albums beïnvloedde hij een hele generatie europese jazzmusici, vooral door zijn ongewoon poëtische zeggingskracht en delicate frasering. Philip heeft een direkte band met Ierland: zijn familie langs moeder's zijde waren ierse immigranten in London.
Donal Lunny is afkomstig van Ierland en speelt bouzouki and bodhrán. Donal is een stichtend lid van legendarische bands als Planxty, Bothy Band en The Moving Hearts. Als producer of gastmuzikant heeft hij meegewerkt aan ontelbare plaatopnames. en wordt hij algemeen beschouwd als de meest invloedrijke artiest en vernieuwer in de Ierse muziek van de laatste dertig jaar. Helemaal op zijn ééntje revolutioneerde Donal de manier om ierse traditionele muziek te begeleiden en te arrangeren. Hij werkte met Adam Clayton en Bono van U2, Van Morisson, Sinead O'Connor, Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits), ... voor de albums CommonGround (EMI) en Sult.
Nicolas Quemener is an extraordinarily gifted guitarist, fluteplayer and singer. He was a member of Orion during three years and like Soïg Siberilstill performs with the band from time to time. Nicolas hails from Brittany, but has lived in Ireland for many years. He is primarily knownas a member of the famous Irish band Arcady, with ex-De Danann members Jackie Daly and Johnny Mc Donagh, with whom he recorded two albums. Apart from touring around the world with Arcady, Nicolas also performs and records with a number of well-known Breton artists such as Dan Ar Braz and L'Héritage Des Celtes, Gilles Servat, piper Ronan Le Barz and fest noz band Skeduz.
Alain Genty from France is one of the most lyrical fretless bass players around. Alain has two solo recordings to his name and is a member of famous Breton bands Barzaz, Gwerz and Den, whose albums are regarded as milestones in Breton music. More recently he has been working with Scottish guitarist Tony Mc Manus and raï singer from Algeria Cheb Mami. Alain also composes and arranges music for theatre and film.
Pierre Michaud from Québec (Canada) was raised in a very musical family and started playing cello from age eight. He studied music at Conservatoires of Québec, Casablanca, Rabat and Freiburg. After hearing him perform, he earned enthousiastic support fromworld-famous cello-masters such as Rostropovitch, Yo-Yo Ma and Janos Starker. Apart from playing classical music, Pierre has shared the stage or recorded with artists such as Philippe Léotard, Indochine, Dick Rivers, Daniël Chenevez( Niagara), Pow Wow, Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, and many others ...
Soïg Siberil is Brittany's premier 'open tuning' guitarist. As a member oflegendary bands such as Gwerz, Kornog, Den, Pennou Skoulm and Kemia he toured all over Europe and the United States, and has played on over twenty CD's. Soïg was also a regular member of Orion for more than two years. He has recorded two solo albums so far and is also guitarist with Celtic Fiddle Festival including Bothy Band fiddler Kevin Burke, Silly Wizard-member Johnny Cunningham and Christian Lemaître from Britanny. His compositions have regularly been covered by recording artists like John Renbourn, David Surette, Gerard Trimble, andothers ...
Bernard L'Hoir studied piano and solfège at both Royal Conservatoires of Mons and Brussels, and musical composition and arrangement at Goldsmith College London. He is a much sought after arranger and studio musician, working with different Belgian and international artists. Bernard has recorded with most of the Irish musicians in Belgium and toured Ireland, Brittany and Great Britain with Irish singer Pat Kilbride. He was a memberof Orion for more than two years and left the band to pursue a solo career.He has recorded three albums of his own compositions.
Pascal Chardome together with Bernard and Marc, belongs to the small circle of top keyboard players in Belgium constantly demanded for composing and arranging music for other artists. His work spans over more than thirty albums and countless films, videos and theatre-plays. Currently performing with Panta Rhei, Pascal has also worked with amongst others Julos Beaucarne, Daria de Martynoff and played with Belgian jazz-greats such as Steve Houben, Arnould Massart, Charles Loos, as well as with world famous classical singer José Van Dam.