"Urs Peter Schneider was born in Berne. He is a composer, interpreter andeducationalist.
1959 until 1966 - studies under the tutelage of Walter Langand prof. Bruno Seidlhofer (piano), prof. Sandor Veress and KarlheinzStockhausen (composition) in Berne, Cologne and Vienna.
1968 - founds theEnsemble Neue Horizonte Bern (over 800 concerts, radio recordings andperformances)
1967 until 2007 - a total of fifteen recordings, partly withcomposed programmes
1983 - receives canton Berne's music prize
1964until 1987 - receives a further six prizes as a composer and pianist
Since1966 - lives in Biel, where he was awarded the city's culture prize in 2006.
1955 until 2004 - twelve dozen compositions encompassing all genres (over 2000performances in Europe, America and Russia)
Until 2002 - professor fortheory and ensemble music at the Musikhochschule Bern
Urs Peter Schneiderincreasingly appears as a performer, often with his own text compositions. He isa specialist in (pre)classical and conceptual music. He received the SwissAssociation of Musician's composition award in 2009 and has over 200 works with"aart-Verlag" (since 2002)."

"Born in 1985 in Zurich, Nicola Katz lives in Lucerne. He is a great lover of refined cuisine and a trendsetter with respect to buzzwords. His concert activity involves collaborating as a chamber and orchestral musician with such ensembles as the Nexus Reed Quintet, the Ensemble PentaTon, the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra (in 2011, under the direction of Pierre Boulez), and the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra."