Award winning instrumentalists Juancho Herrera of Caracas Venezuela and Mattan Klein of Jerusalem, Israel were born over 6000 miles apart. Their roads, however, have crossed in the U.S.A. and their musical and cultural backgrounds created the foundation for one of the most exquisite world-music collaborations in North America. Juancho and Mattan's love and admiration for each other's musical tradition and rich religious culture brought together two of New York's busiest composers and performers to create a true world-music cross-over project, which involves Latin, Jewish, Brazilian, Ladino, Jazz and Funk elements, but all the while preserves the innovative voices they both carry as representatives of their nations.

Ben Zwerin, bass, was born in Paris, France. His incredible knowledge of music from South America, Africa and the Middle East, in addition to his experience as a leading Jazz artist on the New York scene make him a unique addition to the ensemble's sound. Being the son of Jazz legend Mike Zwerin (played with Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy and many more), Ben has absorbed a wide range of influences into his performance, making him a huge creative and inspirational force for the Crossroads Ensemble.

Mathias Kunzli, percussion, is one of the busiest drummers/percussionists in New York. He is a recording artist with the John Zorn Tzadik label, and performed with figures such as Yo Yo Ma Silk Road Project, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, Randy Brecker, Oscar Castro-Neves, John Zorn’s Electric Masada, Bob Berg, Bobby Watson, Paul Winter Consort, Dave Samuel and many more. Mathias specializes in music from South America and the Middle East, in addition to a broad Jazz knowledge he contributes into the Crossroads mix.

Singer-songwriter Anath, records and performs music with a focus on Middle Eastern Electro-pop. Her performance experience includes prestigious stages such as the Eurovision Song Contest and Super Bowl XXXII in San Diego, CA. She grew up in Tel Aviv to a Tunisian family background and spent many years in Paris where she recorded a soundtrack for BMG/Warner and was signed with Sony music in France. Anath contributes a magical stage presence and focuses with Crossroads on music from the contemporary Middle Eastern Israeli scene, as well as music from the Arabic and Yemenite repertoires.

Pianist, producer and composer Pablo Vergara has made a mark in the New York scene by working with a wide array of artists in the most diverse musical contexts. Classically trained in his native Chile, Pablo moved to the US to study at Harlem's City College with distinguished professor Ron Carter. Since then he has worked with artists like tenor saxophone legend Gato Barbieri, Grammy Award winner Dave Valentin, Bebel Gilberto, Antonio Hart, Jay Rodriguez, Victor Jones, Greg Tardy, Alfredo de la Fe, Valery Ponomarev, Andy Gonzalez, Benny Reid, Santi Debriano and the Chico O’Farill Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra.