Rabih Lahoud studied composition, classical piano, classical singing and jazz singing. As familiar with Western musical tradition as he is with the musical culture of his Arab homeland, he is interested in the ambivalence between Orient and Occident. With Markus Stockhausen he founded the band "Eternal Voyage", with which he released a CD in 2009. He has a teaching assignment for jazz and pop singing at the universities in Dresden and Hamburg.

Reentko Dirks is a guitarist and composer. He has written and produced music for artists of Cirque du Soleils and the Semperoper Dresden and is a member of the EUROPEAN GUITAR QUARTET. Reentko is known to a wide audience as the guitarist of Giora Feidmann and the European Guitar Quartet. He has performed in concert halls such as Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow and Carnegie Hall in New York.

Marcus Rust grew up in Schwerin as the son of classical musicians. During his civilian service in India, he discovered his passion for the music of foreign cultures. Back home, he studied trumpet (jazz-rock-pop) in Dresden from 2005-2011. He also received a very formative musical influence from the trumpeter Markus Stockhausen. From now on, the combination of ethnic music with jazz and improvisation determines his musical life. He also devotes himself to this together with the organist Christian Grosch in the duo ZIA.

Demian Kappenstein released a CD with the "Ring Ensemble", in which the musicians of his jazz trio "Ring" worked together with an ensemble of historical string instruments. With his solo programme "Travel Suite", he processes experiences from his travels through countries such as Kosovo, Taiwan, Turkey or Israel. Kappenstein has worked with musicians such as Giora Feidman, Kurt Rosenwinkel and Miss Platnum.