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born in 1961 in Basel, studied saxophone with Iwan Roth
at the city’s Music Academy, and subsequently with Frederick L. Hemke
at the Northwestern University in Chicago. He received the Soloist Prize
from the Swiss Musicians’ Association in 1989. He performed with
various European orchestras and as a chamber musician with Trio Accanto and
Xasax Ensemble. Georges Aperghis, Aldo Clementi, Beat Furrer, Stefano
Gervasoni, Vinko Globokar, Manuel Hidalgo, York Höller, Toshio Hosokawa,
Michael Jarrell, Hanspeter Kyburz, Helmut Lachenmann, Detlev Müller-Siemens,
Giorgio Netti and Salvatore Sciarrino have written works specially for him.
The recordings of some of them are available on cd. His discography also
includes pieces by Schönberg, Berio, Webern, Wolpe, Cage, Scelsi, Netti,
Ablinger and Sciarrino.
He is a professor of saxophone and chamber music at the Music Academy in
Basel.
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