Esther Flückiger was educated at Bern Conservatory under Annette Weisbrod and Karl Engel, in Salzburg under Sergio Perticaroli, in Rome under Carlo Bruno and in New York under György Sandor.
She performs at home and abroad as a soloist and in various chamber music ensembles as well as in groups of other musical styles. She has appeared at countless festivals for traditional and contemporary music and toured in America, Russia and East Asia.
Flückiger is active as a composer and performer in concerts, multi media projects and musical theatre; she has produced works for piano solo, piano and voice, ensembles with and without voice and music for theatre, film and the homepage of the 'Centro Culturale Svizzero (Pro Helvetia) di Milano'.
Her radio and CD recordings include:
1992 'Novecento' first solo CD performing works by Frank Martin and Bohuslav Martinu (Nuova Era Mailand).
1996 'Al Volo' second solo CD performing works by contemporary Italian and Swiss composers (Pentaphon Rome).
1998 'Al valico dei secoli' a CD with the Swiss Jazz formation Roots of Communication (Esperia Rom).
2000 'Piangere la pietra' a CD in cooperation with the saxophonist Massimo Mazzoni (Pentaphon Rom).
2002 'Le musiche delle donne nel duemila' a CD of the Ensemble Suonodonne Italia (M.A.P Mailand).
CDs of recordings with various other ensembles exist.
She has worked with renowned musicians and artists such as Massimo Mazzoni (saxophonist), Rose Marie Soncini (flutist), Gianluca Ruggeri (percussionist), Lucas Niggli (percussionist), Felix Humm (visual communication), Fabrizio Crisafulli (director), Susana Talayero (painter) etc., and often works in close cooperation with other composers.
Flückiger founded the Associazione Suonodonne, an association concerned with the propagation of female music. In 1995 she organised the festival 'Fra Nord e Sud' (music by composers from Switzerland and Italy) in Rome, Bern and Milan in 1997, 1992 and 2000.
In 1997 she published for the first time a catalogue of her female music archive.
Liste des oeuvres
Auraukraina (1998)
Instrumentation: für Klavier
Durée: 2' 00"
Esperia
Pescara
Eisblume (1998)
Instrumentation: für 2 Posaunen, 2 Alphörner, Klavier, Kontrabass, Stimme und Perkussion
Durée: 9' 30"
Esperia
Pescara
Mosaico (1999)
Un canto sotto la terra
Instrumentation: für verschiedene Saxophone und Klavier
Durée: 7' 00"
Pentaflowers
Via Filippo Nicolai, 16 I-00136 Roma
Esseri che si librano tra Aria e Acqua (2000)
Zyklus I
Instrumentation: für Klavier
Durée: 13' 30" Manuscrit
Scintille (2001)
Instrumentation: für Marimba, Klavier und Bariton-Saxophon
Durée: 6' 00" Manuscrit
La mano colorata (2001)
Instrumentation: für Klavier
Durée: 8' 00" Manuscrit
Esseri che si librano tra Aria e Acqua (2001)
Zyklus II
Instrumentation: für Klavier
Durée: 10' 00" Manuscrit
Sogni - più belli della realtà svelata (2002)
Instrumentation: für Klavier und frei improvisierte Stimme
Durée: 3' 00" Manuscrit
Nassaustreet - Blues (2002)
Instrumentation: für Klavier und frei improvisierte Stimme
Durée: 3' 00" Manuscrit
Nel deserto non piove (2002)
Instrumentation: für Schauspielerin, Klavier und Querflöte
Durée: 6' 00" Manuscrit
Viaggio nell'oscurità, una traccia senza fine I (2003)
Instrumentation: für teilpräpariertes Klavier
Durée: 7' 00" Manuscrit
Spazier_klang aves creaturas (2007)
Instrumentation: für Klavier, Zither, Percussion (ein Spieler) und Elektronik