Born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1961, the pianist became a permanent band member of Andreas Vollenweider & Friends at the age of 23. He toured with the band from 1984 to 1989 through Europe, Australia, Japan and the USA. Around the same time he decided to drop out of law school, he began to work on his own projects, with which he has already produced and published more than 20 CDs internationally. After his earlier musical interests inspired him to create projects in world music, Nujazz, Fusion and even to compose a “classical” concert for piano, two percussionists and string orchestra (world premiere in 1998), he has turned intensively to jazz piano music and composition in the last 15 years. He became well known internationally in the last few years, in particular, for his own compositional style, through which he has created a contemporary type of jazz by using a compositional technique from the Middle Ages (isorhythm) – his music oscillates between intensive grooves and tonal color painting in a fascinating manner. For years, he has fostered this compositional style, mostly in his “Inner Language Trio”, which manages the balancing act between precise conceptual work and unleashed improvisation with such aplomb as few other formations in the current jazz scene.