David Hefti
David Philip Hefti (born 1975), prize-winner of the Witold Lutoslawski and of the George Enescu Competition, studied at the Conservatories of Winterthur, Zurich and Carlsruhe, taking composition, conducting, clarinet and chamber music. His mentors included Wolfgang Rihm, Cristóbal Halffter, Wolfgang Meyer, Rudolf Kelterborn and Elmar Schmid. He has appeared at the festivals 'Musica de Hoy' in Madrid, Pablo Casals in Prades, EuroArt in Prague, 'Beijing Modern', 'music today 21' in Tokyo and as the 'artist in residence' at the International Music Biennale in São Paulo. He has worked with soloists such as Fabio Di Càsola, Thomas Grossenbacher, Thomas Indermühle, Wolfgang Meyer, Sylvia Nopper, Primoz Novsak, Oliver Schnyder, Stefan Tönz and with conductors such as David Zinman, Jac van Steen, Michael Sanderling, Krzysztof Penderecki, Cristóbal Halffter and Howard Griffiths. Hefti's work has brought him together with orchestras such as the Tokyo Sinfonietta, the Augsburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of São Paulo, the Ensemble Calliopée in Paris, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich and the Collegium Novum Zürich.
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