Professional
Activities
2025
12th Nov.: Designated Artistic Director of Klosters Music and presentation of "Klosters Fine Violin Summit" from 2027
2025
5th Basel Composition Competition
2025
20th Solsberg-Festival
2025
69th Gstaad Menuhin Festival (letztes Festival als Artistic Director)
2025
4rth Open Classics am Rhein
2024
2nd July: Designated Artistic Director of Settimane Musicali Ascona from 2026
2024
2nd interdiciplinary Biennale "Erasmus klingt" in Basels Altstadt
2024
68th Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy
2024
3rd Open Classics am Rhein, Rheinfelden, Rhein-Inseli
2024
19th Solsberg-Festival
2023/24
24th Lucerne Chamber Circle im KKL Luzern
2023
3rd Klassiksterne A-Cappella in Don Bosco Basel
2023
October 27: Announcement of resignation as Artistic Director of Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy AG at the end of 2025
2023
67th Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy
2023
2nd Open Classics am Rhein Rheinfelden
2023
18th Solsberg Festival
2023
4th Basel Composition Competition
2022
2nd Klassiksterne A-Cappella in Don Bosco Basel
2022/23
23rd Lucerne Chamber Circle at the KKL Luzern, in a new form (5 orchestral, 3 recital concerts).
2022
1st "Erasmus klingt! Festival - LAB", in Basel's old town
2022
1st Open Classics on the Rhine, Rheinfelden
2022
66th Gstaad Menuhin Festival, resumption after pandemic
2022
17th Solsberg Festival, resumption after pandemic
2021
1st Classical Stars A-Cappella in Don Bosco Basel
2021
3rd Basel Composition Competition in Don Bosco Basel (on a reduced scale)
2021/22
Cancellation of festivals and concert series due to the pandemic
2020
Opening of "Musik- und Kulturzentrum Don Bosco Basel"
2020
Launch of "Klassiksterne A-Cappella" Basel in Musik- und Kulturzentrum Don Bosco
2019
Creation of the foundation "Basel Composition Competition", member of the foundation board
2019
Start construction work of "Musik- und Kulturzentrum Don Bosco"
2018
“Kulturzentrum Don Bosco”, launch of structural alteration work of Church to a concert- and rehearsal-building
2018
Member of the Board of Trustees, GVB Kulturstiftung Berne
2017
First Basel Composition Competition held in February
2016
Founding of association “Kulturzentrum Don Bosco”, Basel, President of the association
2015
Launch of the I Basel Composition Competition, taking place in February 2017
Since March 2015
Member of the Board of Trustees, Habisreutinger Stradivarius Foundation
2015
Creation of Hochrhein-Musikfestival AG (umbrella organisation of Solsberg-Festival, Klassiksterne Rheinfelden, Cappella Gabetta)
2014
Inauguration of "Project Haydn 2032" with concerts in Eisenstadt, Berlin, Basel and Zurich
2014
First edition of "Gstaad Conducting Academy "
Since 2013
In addition to the directorship of the Menuhin Festival Gstaad, named CEO with additional managerial duties
May 2013
Creation of the Joseph Haydn Foundation Basel. Since then, Chair of the Foundation
2012
Expansion of the Gstaad Academy with String Academy and Baroque Academy
2011
Creation of Cappella Gabetta
From Season 2011/12
Creation of Klassiksterne Rheinfelden, a classical music concert series at the newly refurbished Kurbrunnen concert hall in Rheinfelden, Switzerland
From July 2010
Concert Manager of the Kammerorchester Basel as part of my duties as Managing Director of the self-founded "Artistic Management GmbH" and the concert agency "Müller & Pavlik Artistic Management GmbH", an artist agency created with Müller’s business partner Stefan Pavlik for the management and design of concert projects of the Kammerorchester Basel. Board member of the ensemble and "artistic delegate"
2010
Foundation of the Gstaad Festival Orchestra
2008
First edition of "Gstaad Academy" as part of the Menuhin Festival Gstaad, featuring Silvana Bazzoni Bartoli (Vocal) and Andras Schiff (piano)
2007
First edition of the amateur program "Play @ Menuhin Festival" as part of the Menuhin Festival 2006. Foundation of Solsberg Festival together with Sol Gabetta.
Since 2002
Artistic Director of the Menuhin Festival Gstaad. 2005-2013 Artistic Director of the Interlaken Music Festival (Interlaken Classiques), after completely redesigning the concept and planning.
Since 1999
Co-manager of the agency "Swiss classics", developing projects such as the concert series "Lucerne Chamber Circle" in the Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre and Classiques Landgasthof Riehen. Co-founder of the ticket system "kulturticket"
1997-2010
CEO / Orchestra Director of the Kammerorchester Basel. I consider myself a driving force in the establishment and evolution of KOB from a local orchestra to one of the leading and most versatile chamber orchestras in Europe
1997-2001
Teacher at music schools
From 1995
Cellist in the following orchestras: Schweizer Kammerorchester (principal cellist), Kammerorchester Basel, and Orchestre Philharmonique Suisse
Education and Schooling
1970
Born in Basel and raised in the Basel region, graduating from Gymnasium Muttenz in 1990 with Matura in Economy.
Until 1991-1998
Music studies specialising in cello at Bern Conservatoire with Patrick Demenga, at Musikhochschule Bern&Biel with Conradin Brotbeck and at Musikhochschule Winterthur with Thomas Grossenbacher. Graduations in Pedagogy, Orchestra and Performance. Chamber music tuition includes members of the Carmina Quartet, Hatto Beyerle and Walter Levin as well as Friedemann Rieger. Member of various chamber music ensembles since my university days. Numerous concerts and awards with the Eos String Quartet including the 1996 Bankverein Kulturförderpreis. Founding member oft he Trio con Brio. CD recordings with the Trio con Brio for recording label Gallo (Lausanne).
Until 1995-2000
Cellist at the Orchestre Philharmonique Suisse and Schweizer Kammerorchester.
Until 2013
Cellist at Kammerorchester Basel
Schooling
1978-84
Elementary School, Bezirksschule
1984-90
Gymnasium Muttenz, Matura Type E (Economy)
Higher Education
1991-96
Musikhochschule Bern / Biel (Switzerland): Cello studies with Patrick Demenga and Conradin Botbeck. Graduation in Pedagogy (1995) and Orchestra (1997).
1996-99
Musikhochschule Winterthur / Zürich (Switzerland): Cello studies under Thomas Grossenbach (Principal cellist at Tonhalle Zürich); graduation in Performance (1999).