1966 - 1971 |
Primary
school in Lucerne,
Switzerland |
1971 - 1978 |
High School
in Lucerne |
1978 |
studies in
cymbalom and
dulcimer in Bucharest and Appenzell |
1978 - 1979 |
studies in
architecture in
Zurich ETH |
1980 |
language
Studies in the USA |
1980 - 1981 |
attending
Art School in
Lucerne |
1981 - 1982 |
working as
professional
drummer |
1982 - 1985 |
studies at
the Berklee
College of Music in Boston, USA. Diploma in drum set and Music
Production (cum laude) |
1984 - 1985 |
studies at
the Boston Film
& Video Foundation |
1986 |
various Jobs
at different
radio- and music recording studios |
1986 - 1988 |
working as
radio music
programmer and DJ |
1986 - 1989 |
working as
A&R manager
and producer for EMI Music Records Switzerland in Zurich |
1989 |
founder and
director of CSR
Records in Zurich |
1989 - 1991 |
studies of
Swiss dulcimer
with Walter Alder, Urnaesch, Switzerland |
1989 - 1997 |
studies of
Swiss accordion
with Rees Gwerder, Arth, Switzerland |
1993 |
Release and
distribution of
the documentary film UR-Musig |
1997 - 2007 |
studies of
Swiss accordion
with Martin Nauer, Schwyz, Switzerland |
1997 - 2008 |
scholarship
of the City of
Zurich, which lead to visits to México and Cuba |
2000 |
beginning of
the project El
Arte de la Percusión Cubana, Cuba-Suiza |
2003 |
installation of the
electro-acoustical work Die Waldstätte in the Museum Centre Culturel
Suisse (CCS) in Paris |
2004 |
scholarship
of the City of
Lucerne for the project El Arte de la Percusión Cubana. |
2006 |
installation
of the
electro-acoustical work "Die Waldstätte" in the Art Museum of Lucerne |
1974 - dato |
Member of
various bands,
including traditional Swiss music |
1989 - dato |
Working as
owner and producer
for the CSR Records label
|
2011 |
Publication of the book The Art of Cuban Percussion |