Instrumentor Team
Siro
Overall Management, Co-founder and Partner
Siro
Siro founded Instrumentor shortly after graduating from UZH. For over ten years, he has been interviewing new teachers, coordinating all those involved and cultivating important networks and partnerships. In addition, he still teaches drums every Monday afternoon and is on the road as a drummer with various projects.
Sarah
Customer Care & Support
Sarah
Sarah studied violin in Switzerland and Germany and holds a teaching and soloist diploma. She joined us last year and attends to students and teachers with Michaela and Alessandro. Among other things, she is a violinist with the renowned Galatea Quartet.
Michaela
Customer Care & Support
Michaela
Michaela has a Master's degree in Pedagogy and Performance from the ZHdK and a Master's degree in Arts Administration from the university. She has been a singing teacher at Instrumentor since 2016 and is responsible for student and teacher support since 2024.
Alessandro
Customer Care & Support
Alessandro
Alessandro studied jazz at ZHdK and has been looking after the well-being of students and teachers for seven years. He forms half of "Egopusher" and also produces tracks under his own name.
Johnny
Development, Communication & Partner
Johnny
With his background in visual arts and many years of agency work, he is responsible for technology and communication at Instrumentor. He takes care of a coherent appearance and coordinates code, graphics, photography and texts.
Julia
Development
Julia
Julia studied Media Arts at ZHdK together with Johnny, Computer Science at ETHZ and obtained a Fine Arts Master in Brussels. For the past three years, she has shared the responsibility for everything technical at Instrumentor with Johnny. She realises her artistic work with code or through experimental choir performances, among other things.
Siro
Overall Management, Co-founder and Partner
Siro founded Instrumentor shortly after graduating from UZH. For over ten years, he has been interviewing new teachers, coordinating all those involved and cultivating important networks and partnerships. In addition, he still teaches drums every Monday afternoon and is on the road as a drummer with various projects.
Sarah
Customer Care & Support
Sarah studied violin in Switzerland and Germany and holds a teaching and soloist diploma. She joined us last year and attends to students and teachers with Michaela and Alessandro. Among other things, she is a violinist with the renowned Galatea Quartet.
Michaela
Customer Care & Support
Michaela has a Master's degree in Pedagogy and Performance from the ZHdK and a Master's degree in Arts Administration from the university. She has been a singing teacher at Instrumentor since 2016 and is responsible for student and teacher support since 2024.
Alessandro
Customer Care & Support
Alessandro studied jazz at ZHdK and has been looking after the well-being of students and teachers for seven years. He forms half of "Egopusher" and also produces tracks under his own name.
Johnny
Development, Communication & Partner
With his background in visual arts and many years of agency work, he is responsible for technology and communication at Instrumentor. He takes care of a coherent appearance and coordinates code, graphics, photography and texts.
Julia
Development
Julia studied Media Arts at ZHdK together with Johnny, Computer Science at ETHZ and obtained a Fine Arts Master in Brussels. For the past three years, she has shared the responsibility for everything technical at Instrumentor with Johnny. She realises her artistic work with code or through experimental choir performances, among other things.
Team Feed
Who is behind Instrumentor? On this page you can take a look behind the scenes and learn more about the musical and artistic projects of the staff.
22.03.2024
«Márquez trifft Piazzolla»
This week Sarah is playing at Theater Ticino in Wädenswil: Tango & Erzählung with the Galatea Quartet and Eriko Kagawa. Read by Dagny Gioulami and Peter Hottinger. Concept by Daniel Fueter. (Photo: Bernhard Fuchs)
Live on Stage
15.03.2024
New muic video "Storm" by NONEXISTER
The fourth clip from NONEXISTER is out. Siro is NONEXISTER's studio and live drummer.
Release
14.03.2024
«She's My Divine» by me.man.machine
Siro and his band me.man.machine release their single "She's My Divine" together with a new video.
Release
21.12.2023
At the Studio with AWA LION
Julia has recorded a short text for a new track by AWA LION.
Studio
19.12.2023
Soundtrack for the collection of the Kunsthaus Zürich
Together with Yuka Tsuboi, Sarah plays the soundtrack for the collection at Kunsthaus Zürich.
Music Cyrill Boehler
Studio VANDYKMUSIC
Studio
21.11.2023
At the Studio with NONEXISTER
Siro spent the last few days in the New Sound Studio with Tommy Vetterli for NONEXISTER.
Studio
17.11.2023
Egopusher - 10 Years Celebration Rave - 09.12.2023 - Moods, Zürich
Alessandro and his band Egopusher are celebrating their 10th anniversary with an exclusive concert on 9 December 2023 at the Moods Club in Zurich. Don't miss out on this!
Tickets are available HERE
Live on Stage
16.11.2023
A Promise in the Air by NONEXISTER
The next single from NONEXISTER is out. Siro is part of the project in the studio and live as a drummer.
Release
25.10.2023
me.man.machine live
Siro's band me.man.machine will be live on stage at Galvanik Zug for the first time since 2017 on 28.10.2023!
Live on Stage
29.09.2023
The Galatea Quartet in the Studio
Sarah is in the studio with Fabian Müller's quartet. Here's a little video.
Studio
27.09.2023
New clip and song by NONEXISTER
The third clip of NONEXISTER is out. Siro joins the band in the studio and live as a drummer.
Click here to see the video
Release
17.08.2023
Release "Friendly Fires"
Happy Release Day! Siro releases their new single "Friendly Fires" with his band me.man.machine.
Watch the video here
Release
22.06.2023
NONEXISTER Music Video
NONEXISTER has released their second clip. Siro is part of it in the studio and live as a drummer.
This way to the video
Release
28.05.2023
Masterclass in Besançon
Sarah gave a Masterclass and played a concert at CRR Besançon.
Live on Stage
15.04.2023
Tour Iiro Rantala and the Galatea Quartet
Tour Iiro Rantala and Sarah's Galatea Quartet with "Veneziana. Klassik?! & eine Prise Jazz" at Treibhaus Innsbruck, Theater Rigiblick and Jazzhaus Freiburg.
Live on Stage
08.04.2023
To the Dark Side of the Moon
Concert by Sarah at Theaterhaus Stuttgart on April 8th.
Live on Stage
24.02.2023
RUBY STATE - BRIGHT SIDE
Dominique released a new song with her Project "RUBY STATE". Ruby's new single Bright Side is an energetic track that deals with the ambivalence that social media can trigger in us. The song is available on all streaming platforms.
Release
26.12.2022
Rehearsals
Siro is rehearsing for the first concert with NONEXISTER at Salzhaus Winterthur.
Live on Stage
22.12.2022
Concerts between Christmas and New Year's
Nothing planned between Christmas and New Year's?
Sarah can be heard in three different productions at Theater Rigiblick:
- 26.12. Tribute to Simon & Garfunkel
- 27.12. Amadeus
- 28.12. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury meets Radiohead
Live on Stage
13.12.2022
Partying for a Good Cause / 14.01.2023 / Egopusher at Salzhaus Winterthur
Alessandro is playing with his band Egopusher at Salzhaus Winterthur at the Live 4 Refugees on 14th January 2023.
All artists and staff waive their fee and salary for that night. The total proceeds from admission, donations and gastronomy directly go to these projects:
MAMbrella (Athens, Greece)
Up Development (Ghana, Africa)
Admission price can be chosen at the entrance
Live on Stage
10.12.2022
SingMitUns
Sarah is playing at SingMitUns in Basel, Bern and Zurich. A school project by Lorenz Indermühle.
Youtube
Live on Stage
07.12.2022
Recording with Jonian Kadesha
Sarah is preparing for the recording with Jonian Kadesha and the CHAARTS ensemble at Künstlerhaus Boswil.
Studio
14.11.2022
Studio session with Matt Hillebrand-Gonzales
And again Siro is in the studio, this time in Lausanne at Matt Hillebrand-Gonzalez's with redcharly.
Studio
31.10.2022
Studio session with Phil Harrison
Siro was with his band me.man.machine at the studio of Phil Harrison last weekend.
Three tracks were recorded.
Studio
04.07.2022
Master's Graduation Concert RUBY STATE
Dominique performed her Master's graduation concert at the Mehrspur Club Zurich on 20 May 2022. She says: «It was a wonderful evening with a great audience. The energy was overwhelming from start to finish and I'm looking forward to everything to come.»
Live on Stage
04.04.2022
Cully Jazz Festival
This year, the wonderful Cully Jazz Festival is taking place again. Alessandro is playing as part of Tobias Preisig's residency. You can hear the band this week on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Live on Stage
23.03.2022
The Dark Side of the Moon
Sarah plays in the show «The Dark Side of the Moon» based on Ray Bradbury and Pink Floyd on 23 March 2022 at the Theater Rigiblick. More infos here
Live on Stage
14.03.2022
Rehearsals for live ralisation
Siro left us alone in the office last week. He had block rehearsals for a live realisation with an as yet unreleased project.
Studio
14.01.2022
Record Release «Ambient Mix Tape» of Egopusher
Alessandro and his band Egopusher are christening the new album «Ambient Mix Tape».
In collaboration with the Arthouse Cinemas, an exclusive concert will take place at the old «Uto» cinema on 17.02.22. With full 5.1 surround sound and accompanied by visuals on the big screen by the artist collective «Encor» (fka «Supermafia»), the audience can lean back in the cinema seat for a unique experience and immerse themselves in the Egopusher sound cosmos.
Tickets are available here
New Album Release
20.12.2021
«CH Beats» Top 10 Swiss Electronica Tracks 2021
Alessandro's remix for the track «Limba» by the electronica duo «Diskret» was chosen by SRF 3 «CH Beats» as one of the 10 best Swiss electronica tracks of 2021. Congratulations!
Click here for the programme on SRF 3
Diskret - «Limba» (Alessandro Giannelli Remix) on Spotify
All other platforms
Best of
18.06.2021
Studio session with Tommy Vetterli
Siro with an as yet unreleased project as studio drummer with Tommy Vetterli at New Sound Studio.
Studio
27.05.2021
NFTs and the creative industries
Julia gave a talk about NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) at the House of Electronic Arts Basel. What NFTs mean for the creative industry, how the technology and the crypto economy work and what the impact is on the environment can be read in this blog article.
Article
30.04.2021
DJ ZID | Amber Skyes – About You
The disco house track "About You" by DJ ZID and Amber Skyes is available everywhere from today.
Listen to it on Spotify
Release
12.03.2021
DJ ZID | Keep On
The new single "Keep On" by DJ ZID is available on all streaming and download portals as of today.
Listen to it on Spotify
Release
22.01.2021
Boog | DJ ZID – Majic
Majic is the name of the new song by DJ ZID and Boog Brown and is musically oriented towards the hip-hop songs of the 90s.
Listen to it on Spotify
Release
09.10.2020
Egopusher - «Beyond»
«Beyond» is the latest album by Alessandro's band Egopusher, which was released last year on the Zurich-based label Quiet Love Records. Egopusher combine acoustic instruments with electronic music and play the soundtrack to your own mindmovie.
«Beyond» on Spotify
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Egopusher Live 2021:
14.10. - Les Docks, Lausanne
22.10. - Bogen F, Zürich
23.10. - Oxil, Zofingen
19.11. - Fri-Son, Fribourg
New Album Release