Isola di Brissago| Musica e letteratura – Music and Literature | San Gottardo III

Zora del Buono studied architecture at ETH Zurich. She was the culture editor and reporter for the magazine “mare” and now publishes novels and reportages. Her novel “Seinetwegen” was longlisted for the Deutscher Buchpreis in 2024 and was awarded the Swiss Book Prize and the Franz Hessel Prize. In her novella “Gotthard”, she ventures into the unheard-of interior of the Gotthard Base Tunnel.

Andriy Dragan studied under Adrian Oetiker at Hochschule für Musik Basel and won the Credit Suisse Young Artist Award in 2009. As a researcher and interpreter of Franz Xaver Mozart’s music, he released “Variations” in 2021 and the piano concertos with Musikkollegium Winterthur on Claves in 2024.

Alain Claude Sulzer is a writer and translator. His novel “Ein perfekter Kellner” brought him international renown. As a moderator, he combines literary precision with a keen sense of cultural context. He lives in Basel, Vieux-Ferrette, and Berlin, and acts as a literary advisor to various music festivals.