Born August 3, 1971 in Zurich. Lives in Zurich and Berlin. Instruction in jazz piano and percussion from the age 7. 1997 Graduation from the ‘Musikhochschule Zürich’. 1989-2001 studies in philosophy, linguistics and musicology at the University of Zurich.
Ongoing work on his RITUAL GROOVE MUSIC as pianist and composer. Leader of MOBILE and the zen-funk quartet RONIN.
Collaboration with the saxplayer Don Li in his TONUS-MUSIC. Instructor for ‘Practical Aesthetics’ at the ‘Musikhochschule Zürich/Winterthur’.
1999 and 2002 ‘Förderungspreis’ (career award) of the ‘UBS Cultural Foundation’.
2002 ‘Werkjahr’ (career award) from the city of Zurich.
Production and composition of the BLUE-Trilogy, performed over a period of three years with concerts of 36 hours respectively.
2000: ‘AREA BLUE - a 36 hour music ritual’ in Zurich
2001: ‘AQUA BLUE - a ritual groove music performance’ in Baden
2002: ‘MU BLUE - 36 hours groove ritual’ in Zurich with oos ag open operating system
Solo-project ‘Hishiryo’ for prepared piano and percussion (since 2001)
Important concerts & projects:
Concerts at the ‘Athens-Festival’ in Athens (Greece) in 1999;
for the ‘Mozarteo Brasileiro’ in Sao Paulo (Brazil) in 1999;