Brissago Islands | Musica e Letteratura – Music and Literature | San Gottardo III

Zora del Buono studied architecture at ETH Zurich. She was culture editor and reporter for the magazine “mare” and publishes novels and reportage. Her novel “Seinetwegen” was longlisted for the German Book Prize 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.

Pianist Andriy Dragan studied with Adrian Oetiker at the Basel Academy of Music and won the Credit Suisse Jeune Artist Prize in 2009. As a researcher and interpreter of the music of Franz Xaver Mozart, he released “Variations” in 2021 and the piano concertos with the 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 presenter, 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.