Saskia Venegas was born in Guecho in Spain in 1983 and has the Spanish and Belgian nationality. Venegas studied violin at Codarts, Rotterdam with Christiaan Bor, Benzion Shamir and Gordan Nikolitch.
Joël Bons was born in Amsterdam and studied guitar at the Sweelinck Conservatory and composition with Robert Heppener. He attended the summer courses of Franco Donatoni in Siena and the Darmstädter Ferienkurse für Neue Musik. In 1982 he continued his composition studies with Brian Ferneyhough in Freiburg.