SIMON FLURI
Simon Fluri is a passionate soloist, chamber musician and improviser. Ranging from contemporary works to transcriptions of Bach he familiarizes his audience with the various sounds of the saxophone. The young musician creates lasting concert experiences with works by current composers and with immersive concert formats.
With enthusiasm he performs regularly as a soloist as well as with his Duo Kaamos and in the Lamineur-Quartet. Among others he has performed in concert halls such as KKL, Tonhalle Zurich and Casino Bern as well as festivals such as St. Galler Festspiele, Arosa Klassik, La Prairie Bellmund, Alpen Classica, the saxophone congresses in Strasbourg and Gran Canaria, as well as the SaxFest Zurich, which he also helped organize. As a soloist he has played with numerous orchestras such as the Musikkollegium Winterthur, the Swiss Army Symphonic Wind Orchestra, the Alpen Classica Euregio Sinfonischen Orchester and the Ensemble Contemporáneo in Gran Canaria. He is a regular guest at the Bernese Symphony Orchestra. Furthermore, his concerts have been broadcast by the Swiss radio and television company, SRF.
In the year 2026 he will premier the saxophone concerto by renowned Swiss composer Oliver Waespi in Switzerland, Germany and Finland.
The saxophonist has twice been awarded the Studienpreis des Migros-Kulturprozent and is now part of their concert management program. He has won further prizes at the Yamaha Europe Music Foundation, the Lions Club Music Competition, the Alpen Classica Festival, the Cibulka Competition and twice with distinction at the Swiss Youth Music Competition. He is also a Hans-Schaeuble award winner and has been supported by the Hirschmann Foundation.
The Swiss musician was born in Canada. He graduated in 2018 with a Bachelor and in 2020 with a Master of Pedagogy with distinction from the Hochschule der Künste Bern with Christian Roellinger. 2023 he obtained his master’s degree with a specialization in soloist at the Zurich University of the Arts in the internationally renowned class of Lars Mlekusch. During his studies he had the opportunity to learn from Joonatan Rautiola at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. For several years he has also been passing on his passion to his own students.
