Ensemble Pyramide
The Ensemble Pyramide has had its own concert series in Zurich since 1995. Its busy schedule of concerts across Europe are complemented by radio and commercial recordings, for labels which include Ars musici, Brilliant Classics, Divox, Integral Productions, Naxos and now Toccata Classics. For its extraordinary ensemble work and repertoire, the Ensemble was awarded a 'Werkjahr für Interpretation' (a one-year stipend for interpretation) by the City of Zurich in 2006.
Members
Markus Brönnimann, flute
Markus Brönnirnann, flute, studied with Günter Rumpel in Zurich, with Michel Debost at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio and with Renate Greiss-Armin in Karlsruhe. He has been principal flute of the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra since 1998. His particular interest is the expansion of the flute repertoire, both through the performance of forgotten works and collaboration with living composers. Besides his chamber-musical activity, he is active also as a composer and arranger.
Barbara Tillmann, oboe
Barbara Tillmann, oboe, studied with Louise Pellerin in Zurich and with Heinz Holliger in Freiburg im Breisgau. As oboe soloist she has toured Europe with the Camerata Bern, the Basel Chamber Orchestra and the Camerata Academica of the Salzburg Mozarteum. She is now principal oboe of the Camerata Schweiz and appears as soloist on the oboe, oboe d’amore and cor anglais. She teaches at the Zurich Hochschule der Künste. She enjoys leading annual music camps where she can communicate her enthusiasm for chamber music.
Ulrike Jacoby, violin
Ulrike Jacoby, violin, studied with Ernst Mayer-Schierning in Detmold in her youth and then with Thomas Füri in Basel. While still a student she played with the Landestheater Detmold as well as with the camerata Bern and the collegium Novum Zurich. Since 1996 she has played in the first violins in the orchestra of Zurich Opera; she was also a founding member of the Baroque orchestra La Scintilla attached to the Zurich Opera. She also plays with the chamber group 76 Zürich and leads courses for young people and adults in the Villa Jolimont, Switzerland.
Muriel Schweizer, viola
Muriel Schweizer, viola, studied with Christoph Schiller in Zurich and with Bruno Giuranna in Berlin. She was the winner of a Kiefer-Hablitzel foundation scholarship. She has played with the Berlin Sinfonietta and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. She is now the leader of the Altstadt Orchestra in Zurich and principal Viola of the Camerata Schweiz.
Anita Jehli, cello
Anita Iehli, cello, received her concert diploma in Zurich after studies with Markus Stocker and Claude Starck; study of the Baroque cello, conducting and church music at the Zurich Hochschule der Künste then followed, as did an MAS in Arts Management at the University of Basel. She has won the Kiwanis Music Prize, the Migros Genossenschaftsbund Chamber Music Award and the Koeckert prize. She is principal cello of the Camerata Schweiz, conductor of the Altstadt Orchestra in Zurich and of the Orchestrina Chur and director of the Musikschule Domat/Ems Felsberg.