<br> Graduate of MHS Luzern, diploma with distinction, school prize, and a scholarship of the Fried-Wald foundation, Basel. Collaboration with Vera Kappeler, Marcel Papaux, Harald Haerter, Arthur Blythe, Bruno Amstad, Bruno Spoerri, Robert Domeniconi, Christian Weber, Julian Sartorius, Philipp Schaufelberger and others. <br> Adrian Pflugshaupt studied Jazz saxophone with George Garzone, Jane Ira Bloom and Nat Su at the Jazz School of Lucerne and the New School in New York. He toured with the Gil Evans Orchestra, the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band, the European Jazz Youth Orchestra, Udo Jürgens, etc. He currently plays lead alto in the Swiss Jazz Orchestra and tenor saxophone in the Zürich Jazz Orchestra as well as participating in various jazz combos like Beat Keller <br> Graduate of the Swiss Jazz Scool in Berne. Played in a variety of combos and Big bands, both as leader and sideman, Concerts and CD releases with his own jazz quartet, quintet, nonet. Created several projects in the area of classic jazz, legends set to music, theatre music, multimedia cross-over, sampling and live-electronic. Commissions for theatre music, Kompositionsaufträge für Schauspielmusik, radio plays for radio DRS, festivals (Alpentöne 03/Szenenwechsel/Kunsttreff 13). Worked as freelance musician and instructor at the Musikhochschule Luzern. Nautilus Ensemble, Firau, Kaspar Ewalds Exorbitantes Kabinett, Zurich Jazz Orchestra, Andy Harder Quartett,… <br> Autodidactic training under David Fuczynski, Wolfgang Muthspiel and Addam Rogers. Collaborated with Jürg Grau Band, Hilaria Kramer, Gang of Five, Harald Haerter. Concerts with Joe Lovano, Michael Brecker, Eric Truffaz and others. Current trio Peyer/Weber/Stoffner. Recipient of prizes of the city of Zurich. <br> Studies at MHS. Worked as studio musician (e.g. Wrecked Mob) and played with Kubus, Dub Spencer and a variety of other bands. <br> Studied at the Swiss Jazz School and at the MHS Luzern. Studied under Fabian Kuratli, Norbert Pfammatter. Collaborated with Hans Koch, Martin Schütz, Maurice Magnoni, Stefano Saccon, Lauren Newton, Christy Doran, Lucien Dubois, Simon Gerber, Marco Figini,…

Manuel Mengis
trumpet and composer (1972)  

Graduate of MHS Luzern, diploma with distinction, school prize, and a scholarship of the Fried-Wald foundation, Basel. Collaboration with Vera Kappeler, Marcel Papaux, Harald Haerter, Arthur Blythe, Bruno Amstad, Bruno Spoerri, Robert Domeniconi, Christian Weber, Julian Sartorius, Philipp Schaufelberger and others.