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Simon Hostettler

Simon Hostettler is a highly acclaimed composer and pianist. He has been studying and working within different styles and registers for the past twenty years. As a freelance composer for theatre companies and contemporary music, he has become well-known both in Switzerland and internationally.

He has been guest composer at the Staatstheater in Stuttgart and the Stadttheater in Bern. He has written commissioned works for several different theatre groups in Switzerland and abroad.

He has collaborated with numerous people, e.g. Enrico Beeler, theatre director; Antonia Brix, theatre director; Cassis (b-blush), singer and songwriter; Eric Facon, producer; Lorenz Hasler (I Salonisti), conductor and musician; Henk Hofstede (Nits), singer and musician; Shelley Hirsch, performance artist and singer; Andi Hug, musician; Hans Koch, musician; Peter Rinderknecht (Thé‚tre en gros t en détail); David Mouchtar-Samorai; Res Wepfer (Pfannestil Chammer Sexdeet), and Zoe Zag.

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Simon Hostettler is a composer and pianist who has worked across different styles and registers for twenty years; as a freelance composer for theatre companies and contemporary music he is known in Switzerland and internationally. He served as guest composer at the Staatstheater in Stuttgart and the Stadttheater in Bern and has written commissioned works for several theatre groups in Switzerland and abroad. His collaborators include theatre directors Enrico Beeler and Antonia Brix, singers Cassis (b-blush) and Henk Hofstede (Nits), conductor Lorenz Hasler (I Salonisti), and multiple other performers and producers.

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Last modified 18 June 2011

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