Fedor Ruskuc
contrabass

Adam Klem
saxophone

Predrag Peric
drums

FEDOR RUSKUC was born in 1980 in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia. He learned Violin at primary music school (in the class of Professor Nina Nikolov) and Contrabass at "Isidor Bajic" Music High School in the class of Professor Goran Kerleta. From 1999 he studied Jazz at the Academy of Music in Graz in the class of Professor Wayne Darling, where he graduated in 2002. Since July 2002, he has lived and studied in Köln (at the College for Music), in the class of Professor Diter Manderscheid. He received numerous awards in republic and state competitions of Yugoslav music schools (in 1996 and 1998). Since 1999 he has performed regularly at the Novi Sad Old Gold Jazz Festival with the Adam Klem Band. He has also performed with various bands in Croatia, Slovakia and Austria, as well as with his professors from the Academy of Graz (Peter Kunsek and Andre Jeancartier). In 2002 he was an Associate at the Master School in Vrnjacka Banja conducted by Stjepko Gut. He has participated in the workshops of Joe Labarbera, Niels H.O. Pedersen, Barre Phillips, Claudio Roditi and others.

NEMANJA REBIC was born in Novi Sad on 7th July 1979. In Novi Sad he attended elementary and comprehensive schools, 'Djordje Natosevic' and 'Isidora Sekulic' respectively. He started playing the guitar when he was 12 years old. He was taught his first chord by (sadly the late) Pera Bahun. He did not go to music school but was mostly self-taught. In 2001 he was admitted to the preliminary year at the Conservatory in Amsterdam. He is currently studying at the Department for Jazz Guitar.

ADAM KLEM He was born in Novi Sad in 1976. He finished primary and secondary music schools and comprehensive school. He is currently studying Saxophone at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria, in the class of Professor Karl-Heinz Miklin. He also went to the Music Studio in Budapest, Hungary where he studied in the class of Tuzsko Csaba. From 1994 to 1996 he worked as an associate member of the RTS Novi Sad Dance Orchestra. From 1996 to 1998 he was a member of the STOMP jazz quartet. Since 1999 he has led his own ensemble, the ADAM KLEM QUARTET. The Adam Klem ensemble had noticeable performances in 1997, at the Jazz Time Fest, then at the Novi Sad Jazz Festival. He has recorded for RTV Novi Sad and the Austrian ORF. In the year 2000 he performed with the STOMP quartet at the Budapest Youth Jazz Festival, and in 2001 the Adam Klem Quartet starred in Pula and other towns in Istra, Croatia.
He received a scholarship from the Austrian Ministry for Culture and went to the Sebelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland. He was taught by Jari Perkiomäki, Manuel Dunkel and Eero Koivistoinen.
After returning from Finland, he started playing in the band led by the legend of the Austrian jazz scene, guitarist Karl Rotzer and young Slovakian composer, Erik Rothenstein.
He has performed with different bands in Finland, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, B&H, Croatia, Austria, Hungary, Egypt, etc.

JOHANNES THOMA was born on 2nd July 1974 in Vienna. He has been playing the piano since the age of 13 including classical music. Later on he transferred to jazz. He has also actively played the violin for ten years. After graduating from the Jazz Academy in Austria he went to the Berklee College of Music for a year (after winning the scholarship at an audition in Italy). He is currently teaching Piano at the Schubert Conservatory (Academy) in Vienna.

PREDRAG PERIC was born in Kosovska Mitrovica in 1970. He has been in Graz since 1994. He mostly plays Bebop and Latino Jazz. He has worked with: Stjepko Gut, Dusko Gojkovic, Renato Cicho, Andre Jean-Cartier, Fritz Pauer, Ehud Asheire, the Maja Jaku Band, etc. He has performed at domestic festivals, and spent some time in New York where he played in famous jazz clubs. He frequently performs with the best Latino band in Austria ('Montevideo') and is one of the most wanted Bebop drummers in Graz.

Nemanja Rebic guitar

Johannes Thoma piano