Vancouver-based, world-renowned composer, visual artist, and award-winning musician, Alvand Jalali has dedicated his life to transforming human stories into immersive musical and artistic experiences. Born at the intersection of multiple cultures, he grew up surrounded by the sounds of ancient traditions and the pulse of modern cities, a duality that continues to define everything he creates.

His work has been performed and exhibited internationally, earning recognition for its rare ability to move audiences on a deeply emotional and spiritual level. Alvand's compositions are not merely heard, they are felt. He has a gift for finding the invisible thread that connects a Persian string instrument to an African drum, a Celtic melody to a Sufi chant, weaving them into a single language that every human heart already knows.

Beyond composition, Alvand is a visual artist whose aesthetic sensibility shapes every layer of the experiences he creates. He approaches each project as a complete world where sound, image, light, and silence all work together as one. His process is slow, intentional, and deeply personal, rooted in a belief that true art must carry the energy of the person who made it.

For Roots of the Cosmos, Alvand serves as composer and sonic architect, creating the original surround sound score designed specifically for the 360 degree dome environment, a living, breathing musical journey that carries the audience from the depths of the earth to the infinite expanse of the cosmos. Every note is an invitation to remember where we all come from.

Naga is a multidisciplinary artist, a bridge between worlds, cultures, and human hearts. Her life's work is a devotion to reconnecting humanity with its own essence, weaving together art, ceremony, storytelling, and sound into experiences that feel less like performances and more like remembering.

As a director, producer, and singer, she has spent years collaborating with indigenous elders, traditional musicians, and contemporary artists from across the globe, always in service of a single truth: that beneath our differences, we share one origin. Her creative process is deeply rooted in intentionality. Every image, every sound, every movement is chosen with care for its ability to awaken something ancient in the viewer.

As a singer herself, Naga carries a deep personal belief that music is the answer, not just an art form, but a force of nature. Music has been, and will always be, what moves humanity. It crosses every border, speaks every language, and touches what words cannot reach. It is through sound and song that she believes we can most powerfully remind each other of who we truly are.

Roots of the Cosmos was born from a place of deep service. Above all, Naga sees herself as someone here to contribute, to create real value in this world, to be a thread that weaves people back together. Her greatest vision is a humanity that lives more connected, more seen, more whole. Not as an ideal, but as a lived reality. Everything she creates is offered in service of that world. As 3D/2D visual animation director for the dome experience, she has crafted a sensory and emotional journey designed to dissolve the illusion of separation and awaken a deeper awareness of our shared cosmic origin. This is her offering to the world.