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 wuchs als Sohn klassischer Musiker in Schwerin auf. Wärend seines Zivildienstes in Indien entdeckte seine Leidenschaft für die Musik fremder Kulturen. Zurück in der Heimat studiert er Jazz-Trompete in Dresden. Einen sehr prägenden musikalischen Einfluss erhält er darüber hinaus durch den Trompeter Markus Stockhausen. Die Verbindung von ethnischer Musik mit Jazz und Improvisation bestimmt von nun an sein musikalisches Leben. Dieser widmet er sich auch gemeinsam mit dem Organisten Christian Grosch im Duo ZIA, der Band Nesiya um die israelische Sängerin Sveta Kundish und der Band Noanda, um die spanisch-palästinensische Sängerin Monica Saba.

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.