• Aleksandar Jovanović Šljuka - pianist, keyboardist, composer, arranger, was born in Zaječar in 1978, where he began his musical career doing solo performances, and with the Alegorian Jazz band in 1999, with which he revived jazz playing in Zajecar after a decades-long break. In 2009, he founded the jazz trio Woodcock Group, with which he began his composer career, and performed throughout Serbia, and in 2011 this trio released the album Water Stories, for the label Sunset Jazz Recordings from New York. In 2012 he joins the Serbian Jazz BRE! project as a pianist, composer and arranger. With this band, he released two studio albums (‘Serbian Jazz BRE’ in 2013 and ‘Serendipity’ in 2015). They have performed at almost all jazz festivals in the country, as well as at many European jazz festivals. Since 2015, he has been collaborating with writer and rapper Marko Šelić Marcelo as one of the composers and arrangers on the albums ’Napet Šou’ and ’Nojeva varka’, and as a keyboardist with the Napeti Quintet. In 2017, for the first time, he introduced himself to the public as a songwriter and vocal soloist with the project "SHLJUKA" and released an album called "Iluzija" for the label Lampshade Media. He also successfully performs as a solo pianist, performing original compositions and improvisations, as well as traditional songs from the Balkans, throughout Serbia, as well as abroad.