Monte Verità | Musica e letteratura |Music and literature | San Gottardo I

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.

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.

Daria Zappa, former first violinist of the Casal Quartet, is now principal violinist with the Zürcher Kammerorchester and a teacher at the Musikschule Konservatorium Zürich.

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.