Monte Verità | Musica e Letteratura – Music and Literature | San Gottardo I

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.

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.

Daria Zappa, former first violinist of the casal Quartet, is now principal violinist with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra and a teacher at the Zurich Conservatory of Music. Her brother Mattia Zappa is a cellist with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich and explores new sounds in jazz cello. Danilo Boggini is an accordionist, pianist and jazz composer, as well as the founder of the Hot Club de Suisse. The trio combines classical chamber music with an adventurous exploration of stylistic boundaries.

Mattia Zappa, is a cellist with the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich and explores new sounds in jazz cello.

Danilo Boggini is an accordionist, pianist, and jazz composer, and the founder of the Hot Club de Suisse. The trio (Boggini, Daria, and Mattia Zappa) combines classical chamber music with an adventurous exploration of stylistic boundaries.