Nat Seelen is a clarinetist, composer, and founder of the Boston Festival of New Jewish Music, known for his work with the internationally acclaimed Ezekiel’s Wheels Klezmer Band. With deep roots in klezmer, jazz, and classical music, Nat brings a sharp, soulful sound and bold creativity to every stage he plays.

Neta Weiner is a boundary-pushing artist from Jaffa, currently based in Boston, whose work fuses spoken word, hip-hop, and traditional Jewish sounds into a vibrant, genre-defying performance. As the frontman of the acclaimed band System Ali, Neta’s multilingual lyrics weave together Hebrew, Arabic, English, and Yiddish, creating a powerful tapestry of identity, resistance, and community. His music is both deeply personal and fiercely political — a call to connection through rhythm and truth.

At the festival, Neta will perform with his new project, Oys to Men, a multilingual, Boston-based klez-hop ensemble that blends klezmer and hip-hop with urgent local storytelling.