- Born in Bern
- Seminar Muristalden, Bern
- Conservatory Biel
- Teacher's diploma for organ under the tutelage of Herman Engel (with distinction)
- Four years training as a conductor under Dr. Ewald Körner, Bern, Jost Meier, Basel and Helmuth Rilling, Stuttgart
- In connection with the conductor training: double bass with Béla Szedlàk, trumpet with E. Gartmann, percussion with H. Urabl
- Voice under Ruth Pache, Arthur Loosli and Rosmarie Meister
- Study of microtonal music at the New England Conservatory Boston under Joe Maneri; Third Stream at the Gunther Schullers Institute, Boston
- Jazz pianist at the age of 17 and 18 at the International Jazz Festival, Zurich
- Initial positions as organist at various protestant churches, later a director of catholic church choirs
- Founding of the Thun College Choirs; 20 year occupation therewith
- Founding of the University of Bern Choir; 10 years occupation therewith
- Guest courses in conducting at the NEC in Boston; (exits from the teaching profession in 1997). Course for microtonal music, courses for concept improvisation, course for arrangement and composition.
Work list
Berner Totentanz
Instrumentation: for baritone, choir and organ
Texts: Niklaus Manuel Deutsch
Choir is spatially separated.
Duration: 5' 00" Manuscript
Coeli et Terra
Instrumentation: for soli (SATB), brass (0.4.3.1), 2 percussion and organ
Two spatially separated groups.
Texte: Ernst Jandl, Bible, Requiem.
Duration: 12' 00" Manuscript
Concert
Instrumentation: for contrabass and chamber orchestra (0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0/perc/pf/str(-va))
For advanced youths.
Duration: 13' 00" Manuscript
Danse pour Marimba
Duration: 3' 00" Manuscript
Everything is Broken
Instrumentation: for flute(bfl), oboe(ca), clarinet(bcl), violin, viola, violoncello, double bass, keyboard and percussion
transposing scales from 5, sometimes 6 octaves of the natural harmonic series.
Duration: 15' 00" Manuscript
In G / Fusion
Instrumentation: for violin and organ (or bandoneon)
The second movement (Fusion = Tango) is not microtonal.
Duration: 10' 00" Manuscript
JADA
Instrumentation: for soli (STBar), choir, four-handed piano and 5 percussionists
Text: Ernst Jandl and dadaists.
Duration: 18' 00" Manuscript
Microtonal Steps
Instrumentation: for soprano solo, 3 flutes, violin/viola, bass, guitar and piano
Duration: 18' 00" Manuscript
Perpetuum mobile
Instrumentation: for string quartet
Duration: 3' 30" Manuscript
Pianoforte
Duration: 16' 00" Manuscript
Sound Machine
Instrumentation: for piano
Medium level of difficulty (children over 10 years of age) for the SMTV Switzerland award winner's concert.
Duration: 10' 00" Manuscript
The Rolling Bass
Instrumentation: for bass and piano (some also with percussion)
Progressive from beginner to advanced.
11 rounded works.
Duration: 42' 00" Manuscript
Porgy and Bess (George Gershwin)
Arrangement
Instrumentation: for soli, choir, 2 pianos, bass and percussion
Arthur Honegger: La Danse des Morts, H. 131 for narrator, soprano, contralto, baritone, mixed choir (SATB) and orchestra (2(pic).2(ca).2.2/2.2.2.0/4timp.tri.tam.cym.dm.rattle.woodblock/pf.org/str)
Arthur Honegger: Le Roi David, H. 37 A for numerous speaking roles (actors), soprano, contralto, tenor, choir (SATB), male choir and orchestra (2(pic).1(ca).2(bcl).1/1.2.1.0/timp.cym.dm.bassdm.gong.tamb/cel.pf.hmn/db(vc ad lib.))