Producer

Kirill Tretyakov

Founder of the House of Musicians, producer of Sakhasimphorok and the Sakhawave music management accelerator, and founder of the ethno-fusion group ORDO. He helps people of all ages in Yakutia realize their dream of playing in a band, creating songs, and sharing their music with the world.

Ethnomusician and singer

Nadezhda Varlamova — Nadikan

Ethnomusician, singer, folklore instructor at the Yakut Music College, khomus improviser, and vocalist of ORDO. In her creative and research work, she explores the musical folklore of the Sakha people, focusing on the vocal intonation patterns of northern Sakha songs.

Film producer, promoter of Yakut cinema

Sardana Savvina

Film producer and promoter of Yakut cinema. Producer of the films Bonfire in the Wind (2016), No God but Me (2019), The River (2019), and Cold Gold (2021). Sardana began actively promoting Yakut cinema in 2010, driven by enthusiasm and the desire to introduce this unique filmmaking tradition to audiences across Russia and the world.
As a guest expert, she has worked on the Sakhawood grant program. In 2024, together with the Sinet Spark Foundation, she curated two film laboratories, guiding emerging creative projects.

Curator, Artist

Elena Vasilyeva

Chief Specialist at the Laboratory
of Integrated Geocultural Research of the Arctic,  Arctic State Institute of Arts and Culture; Senior Lecturer at the Department of Cultural Studies and Cultural Heritage
of the Peoples of the Arctic; Curator of the Archives of Contemporary Art of Yakutia Foundation; and Co-founder of the art group Archetype.
Her professional interests include curatorial practices, the study of 21st century Yakut art, the creation of the Contemporary Art Archive of Yakutia, artistic research, video and audio storytelling, and land art. She lives and works in Yakutsk.