I’m a trumpet player, composer and arts manager based in Bern, Switzerland.
Playing Inderbinen instruments and ACB mouthpieces.
Worked with
I had the chance to work and perform with Kenny Wollesen / Sylvie Courvoisier / William Parker / Sarah Belle Reid / Enrico Pieranunzi / Billy Cobham / Philip Catherine / Adrian Mears / Claudio Puntin / Isabelle Ritter’s Elisa Day
Lucerne Jazz Orchestra / Ballbreaker Ensemble / The Himalayas / Poets Of Rhythm / Millennium Jazz Orchestra
Heidi Happy / Al Pride / Nicole Bernegger / Nicolas Bamberger / Rhonda Dorsey
a.o.
Appearances
Jazz Festival Willisau / Cully Jazz Festival / Jazz Festival Montreux / Langnau Jazz Nights / Jazzwerkstatt Bern / Festival Of New Trumpet Music New York / International Jazzfestival Bern / clubs and venues in Switzerland, Germany, Italy, France and the USA
Awards
2021 / Work grant by the city of Zurich CH
2021 / Work grant by Stiftung Levedo
2017 / Residency – Moods Labor
2015 / Zentralschweizer Förderpreis des Migros-Kulturprozent with the Lucerne Jazz Orchestra
2013 & 2010 / Work grant by the city and canton of Lucerne CH for the Lucerne Jazz Orchestra
2008 / Finalist at the International ArtEZ Composition Contest, Enschede NL
2006-2007 / Member of the Generations Fellowship Award Band 2006 with Adrian Mears and Roman Schwaller
2005 / Finalist at the «Competition of Young Soloists» at the Jazzparade in Fribourg CH
Studies
2008-2010 / Master of Advanced Studies in Music Management at Bern University of the Arts
2005-2008 / Jazz Composition at Bern University of the Arts
2003-2008 / Jazz Trumpet and Pedagogy at Bern University of the Arts