All of their workshops and courses are free of charge for the students and offer a place for Berlin’s diverse communities to connect and create together. They are committed to including and supporting refugees, asylum seekers, people who identify as female, non-binary and LGBTQI+, people of colour, and people with disabilities. Open Music Lab will be represented by Kimia Bani and Ben Osborn.

Kimia Bani is an award-winning Iranian musician and poet living in Germany since 2018. She studied dramaturgy and performing arts and has been working as a percussionist, music teacher, and composer for 15 years. Kimia has played with various music groups from all over the world. She has also been involved as an artist in numerous concerts aimed at bringing together music from different countries and cultures.

Ben Osborn is a writer, songwriter, composer and sound designer from Oxford, UK, now based in Berlin. Coming from a poetic folk song tradition, his work draws also from electronica and classical music to create a space in which highly personal and deeply political stories can be told. Ben is the co-founder and one of the directors of Open Music Lab.