List of Swiss People - Music

Music

See also: List of Swiss composers
  • 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
  • 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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