Education/ Educación:

Swiss Jazz School Bern, Master of Arts (1988)

Trombone, Conservatory of Winterthur, Switzerland (1988-1990)

Studies in Cuban Music in Havanna, Cuba (1996-2002)

Performance Credits/ Experiencia laboral:

V. BENEDETTI BIG BAND, SOUL CLUB, NO NO DIET BANG, D. GUGGENHEIM GROUP, RACINE ROUGE, XING TO., MOROPO NICHE, SARABANDA, ZURICH JAZZ ORCHESTRA, DIRTY CHICKEN, EL ZORRO Y SU CHARANGON, XXL TROMBONES, OEL

Recording Credits/ Discos:

MARTIN RICHARD LEHNERs XING TO (composer & trombone), MARTIN RICHARD LEHNERs XING TO "Yellow "(composer & trombone), DIRTY CHICKEN "Eggstream" (arranger & trombone), EL ZORRO "La Vida Entera"(composer & arranger), EL ZORRO "Somos Hermanos"(trombone, composer & arranger), EL ZORRO "Volando"(trombone, composer & arranger).

V. BENEDETTI BIG BAND, RHYTHM AND STEEL, D. GUGGENHEIM GROUP (FEAT. HERMETO PASCOAL), NO NO DIET BANG, PIPPO POLINA, STOP THE SHOPPERS, SUPERKIND, EXTEMPORANEOUS, LARIBA, RHYTHM AND STEEL. ( trombone)

Since 1988 Performing Artist, Recording Studio Musician, Arranger/Composer and Songwriter.

1989 - 2005 Professor of trombone and music theory at the Jazzschool Zurich and the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

2001 -2005 CEO, Jazzschool Zurich

Since 2005 CEO, Department Jazz at the Zurich Conservatory Classical and Jazz, Switzerland