| [unknown] | Other | Not applicable | [Worldwide] | 4.2 | instrument (as “cobza”), instrument (as “kountougi”) |
| Marianne Buisseret | Person | Female | Belgium | | instrument (as “ottavino lute”), instrument (as “soprano lute”) |
| Abdoulaye Diallo | Person | Male | Ziguinchor | | instrument (as “ekonting”) |
| Dominique “Adiatta” Diatta | Person | Male | Senegal | | instrument (as “ekonting”) |
| Jules “Ekona” Diatta | Person | Male | Senegal | | instrument (as “ekonting”) |
| Musa Diatta | Person | Male | | | instrument (as “ekonting”) |
| Bouba Diedhiou | Person | Male | Senegal | | instrument (as “ekonting”) |
| Elisa Diedhiou | Person | Female | Senegal | | instrument (as “ekonting”) |
| Jean "Kangaben" Djibalen | Person | Male | Senegal | | instrument (as “ekonting”) |
| Surasak Donchai | Person | | | | instrument (as “phin”) |
| Vincent Dumestre | Person | Male | France | | instrument (as “tenor lute”) |
| Bernadett M. Gebri | Person | Female | | | instrument (as “cobza”) |
| Osner Gultom | | | Indonesia | | instrument (as “hasapi doal”) |
| Freddy Holm | Person | Male | Norway | | instrument |
| Daniel Laemou-Ahuma Jatta | Person | Male | Gambia | | instrument (as “ekonting”) |
| Danny Knicely | Person | Male | | | instrument (as “arbaj”) |
| Frank Liégeois | Person | Male | Belgium | | instrument (as “tenor lute”) |
| Scott Linford | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “ekonting”) |
| Philippe Malfeyt | Person | Male | Belgium | | instrument (as “bass lute”) |
| Mark Pashku | Person | Male | Lezhë | | instrument (as “çifteli”) |
| Lieven Misschaert | Person | Male | Belgium | | instrument (as “ottavino lute”), instrument (as “soprano lute”), instrument |
| Tom Nikola | Person | Male | Iballë | | instrument (as “acc. çifteli”) |
| Ion Nițoi | Person | Male | Argeș | | instrument (as “cobza”) |
| Francisco Orozco | Person | Male | | | instrument (as “luth médiéval”) |
| William Parker | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “zintir (Moroccan bass lute)”) |
| Ion Păturică | Person | Male | Romania | | instrument (as “Cobza”) |
| Paul Rans | Person | Male | Belgium | | instrument (as “tenor lute”) |
| Bart Roose | Person | Male | Belgium | | instrument (as “alto lute”) |
| Adama Sambou | Person | Male | Ziguinchor | | instrument (as “ekonting”), member of band (as “ekonting”) |
| Sankawan Sitohang | | | Indonesia | | instrument (as “hasapi ende”) |
| Marin Stângă | Person | Male | Romania | | instrument (as “cobză”) |
| Christine Van Roey | Person | Female | Belgium | | instrument (as “alto lute”) |
| Erwin Verdonck | Person | Male | Belgium | | instrument (as “tenor lute”) |
| Sandro Volta | Person | Male | | | instrument (as “chitarrone”) |