- Mia Aegerter (born 1976), pop musician
- Martin Eric Ain, Celtic Frost bassist
- Ernest Ansermet (1883–1969), conductor
- Lys Assia (born 1926), singer
- Chiara Banchini (born 1946), violinist, conductor
- Rene Baumann (born 1968), musician, dancer, known as DJ Bobo
- Urs Bühler (born 1971), tenor, member of Il Divo
- Dominik Burkhalter (born 1975), bandleader, composer, drummer
- Michel Corboz (born 1934), conductor
- Claudia D'Addio, pop musician, Eurovision Song Contest 2006 and MusicStars contestant
- Rachel Kolly d'Alba (born 1981), solo violinist
- Emile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865–1950), musician, educator, developer of Eurhythmics
- Philippe Decourroux (born 1962), Christian singer and drummer
- Henri Dès (born 1940), singer and songwriter
- Andy Egert (born 1961), blues guitarist/singer and songwriter
- Edwin Fischer (1886–1960), pianist and conductor
- Thomas Gabriel Fischer, Celtic Frost guitarist/singer
- Peter Giger (born 1939), percussionist and bandleader
- Peter-Lukas Graf (born 1929), conductor
- Ernst Haefliger (1919–2007), tenor
- Heinz Holliger (born 1939), oboe
- Arthur Honegger (1892–1955), composer
- Philippe Huttenlocher (born 1942), bass
- Christian Jacob (born 1958), jazz pianist
- Michael Jarrell (born 1958), composer
- Daniel Kandlbauer, pop musician and MusicStars contestant
- Kuno Lauener (born 1961), lead singer of Bernese rock band Züri West
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- Carlos Leal (born 1969), rapper and actor. Best known as a member of the hip-hop group Sens Unik
- Pepe Lienhard (born 1939), band leader and saxophone player
- Frank Martin (1890–1974), composer
- Mani Matter (1936–1972) singer
- Jojo Mayer (born 1963), drummer
- Dieter Meier (born 1945), singer of electronica band Yello, which had such hits as "Oh Yeah" and "The Race".
- Mandy Meyer (born 1960) guitarist, played in bands as Asia, Gotthard and Krokus
- Patrick Moraz (born 1948) keyboardist with Yes and Moody Blues
- Paolo Pandolfo, violist (viola da gamba).
- Zlatko Perica (born 1969), better known as "Slädu", played guitar in bands as Tangerine Dream or Gölä
- Carlos Perón (born 1952), producer and former singer of electronica band Yello
- Werner Reinhart (1884–1951), industrialist, philanthropist, music and literature patron
- Othmar Schoeck (1886–1957), composer
- Ludwig Senfl (1486–1542/3), Renaissance composer
- Marc Storace (born 1951) Maltese-Swiss rock vocalist and songwriter. Best known as singer of hard rock band Krokus
- Eric Tappy (born 1931), tenor
- Martin Tillman (born 1964), film music composer
- Silvio Varviso (1924–2006), conductor, especially of opera
- Andreas Vollenweider (born 1953), Grammy award winning harpist
- Chris Von Rohr (born 1951), musician and producer. Best known as bassist of hard rock band Krokus
- August Wenzinger (1905–1996), cellist, violist (viola da gamba), pioneer of early music performance.
- Andreas Wettstein (born 1971), violinist, son of Niels Kaj Jerne
- Alberich Zwyssig (1808–1854), priest, composer of the Swiss Psalm
- Roland Zoss (born 1951), rock poetry musician
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