Rotraut Jäger – flute
Rotraut Jäger was born in Germany and has been living in Zurich since 2007.
She studied classical flute at the Conservatory Mainz (music pedagogy) and at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (performance diploma). Furthermore, she studied jazz at the same school in Zurich over a period of three years and one year at Manhattan School of Music in New York City.
In addition to giving concerts in various formations ranging from classical music to jazz and latin, she is also teaching music and the flute as a private tutor.
www.redplanetflute.com
Simon Kessler – guitar
Born in 1983 and raised at Walensee, Simon Kessler is a professional guitarist and guitar teacher. In 2009 he completed his Master of Pedagogy at Musikhochschule Luzern. Aside from teaching at Musikschule Baar and Kantonsschule Sargans he is a band member of the biggest Swiss Musical productions such as «Io Senza Te», «Space Dream», «Flashdance» and «Wüstenblume», «Lady Bess» at Theater St. Gallen. Furthermore, he is internationally active as a session-guitarist for pop-, rock- and jazz-artists and is part of Luzerner City Light Symphony Orchestra.
Fridolin Blumer – bass
Fridolin Blumer performs improvised and composed music of the modern era.
Since 1999 he has been exploring how the musical tradition and the acoustic occurrences of today influence the way of playing the bass, thus developing his own musical language.
From 2003 to 2008 he studied at the jazz department of the Musikhochschule Basel.
www.fridolinblumer.com