Simon Petermann: Research Trip in Alexandria, Egypt

Simon Petermann is an exponent of the adventurous contemporary jazz music scene of Switzerland. As musical director of the Fischermanns Orchestra, band leader of the international sextet MoonMot and member of the trio Inside the Baxter Building, he focuses his work on dealing with contemporary forms of improvisation, researching live electronics and interdisciplinary music projects.

He has been the producer of the radio programme Jazz am Sunntig on Radio RABE under the motto “Today’s and yesterday’s great jazz from Switzerland and abroad” since 2012.

He teaches at the Swiss Jazz School Bern and the Hochschule der Künste Bern and performs in concert with various formations all over Europe and beyond.