He is a final year student of Jazz Guitar and Music Pedagogy at the Music College in Cologne (Musikhochschule Köln). Known for his experimentations, he has developed a recognisable and original music world. His current international projects include Sepiasonic, The Sideburns, East Affair and Turbo Pascale. He occasionally performs with Carlos del Junco, harmonica player from the Canaries. He can be heard with musicians such as Arve Henriksen, Mike Herting, Claudio Puntin, Bob Mintzer, Michael Küttner, Frank Gratkowski, Henning Berg, Bill Ramsey, Jean Warland, Georg Ruby, Klaus der Geiger, Ramesh Shotham, Willem-Breuker-Kollektief, as well as with Big Bands (Cologne Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, Blue Art Orchestra) and the pop greats such as Clueso, Fools Garden, Leann Rimes, and Annett Louisan. He has played for TV and Radio shows (ARD, RTL, WDR, DLF, RBB) and released with Dieter Falk, Mike Herting, and Claudio Puntin.
He has taken concert stages in Kazakhstan, USA, Spain, France, Austria, Switzerland, The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Holland, Belgium and Luxemburg. He is an instructor and academic lecturer for guitar and ensemble.

Mirek Pyschny is a member of the famous Cologne-based formation SCHAEL SICK BRASS BAND. At the Jazz Festival in Avignon 2006, he was voted the best instrumentalist and won the public award (of the City of Avignon). His powerful and intuitive playing is a great asset for the band. Mirek is a perfectionist, always in search of a better solution.

Born in 1980 in Novi Sad, Fedor Ruškuc started learning the violin when he was 6. After turning to the double bass, he continued his education at the Academy of Music in Graz, with Prof. Wayna Darling, graduating in 2002. After that, he went on to Cologne and continued his studies with Prof. Dieter Manderscheid (High School for Music), graduating. Since 1999 he has regularly appeared at the Novi Sad Jazz Festival with Adam Klemm’s ensembles. He has performed with the formations of his Graz Professors (Peter Kunsek and Andre Jeancartier). He was an assistant at the Master School in Vrnjačka Banja led by Stjepko Gut, and has taken part in workshops led by Joe Labarbero, Niels H. O. Pedesen, Barre Phillips, Claudio Roditi, etc. He has collaborated with a number of colleagues from Europe and the world. With the Magnus Mehl Quintet he won the 1st prize at the International Jazz Competition Getxo in Spain in 2006, and the 2nd prize at the Hoeilaart Jazz Competition in Belgium. He has appeared at festivals in Europe and throughout Russia. Releases under Errabal Records label with the Magnus Mehl Qunitet and Sonig Records with the band VERT I, within the Novara Vert Remixes edition with the pianist Galja Vranešević. He is a member of the Council of the Novi Sad Jazz Festival.