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Bio

I was Born in Bern, Switzerland in 1991 and started playing and studying the drums at the age of 6 with Ueli Enderli.

After highschool I studied with Gerry Hemingway, Norbert Pfammatter, Marc Halbheer, Dominik Burkhalter and Pierre Favre and then managed to find my way into the small but thriving swiss music scene. Good technique is mandatory, and I want to keep reaching. Still, I often find myself playing quite sparse, delicate acoustic settings, trying to really hear everything and get everything heard.

I draw my inspiration from my countless peers and from music from all over the world, be it the drummers of Burundi, the Gaita music from Colombia, indonesian gamelan, of course the Great American Songbook, Gnawa music from Morroco or the intriguing female choirs of Bulgaria as well as the manifold fusions encounters create.
I lead the critically acclaimed quintet Murmullo, and the international ensemble Ydivide where we are about to release our second album on INTAKT - Records. My work with the quartet of harpist Julie Campiche probably drew the most attention in recent years.

I am a longtime member and arranger for neo-folk outlaw Moes Anthill and work intensively for and with Kate Birch.