Franziska Badertscher is involved in classical flute repertoire as well as contemporary and experimental music. She is active in free improvisation and realises interdisciplinary projects. Franziska Badertscher is not interested in categories or genres, so almost every one of her studio concerts has found its own category.

The focus of her work is chamber music. She plays in various permanent ensembles: in a wind quintet, in a duo with a soprano and with her improvisation partners. She regularly performs with pianists Anne de Dadelsen and Giovanni Fornasini, flutist Caterina Nüesch-Corvini and in other changing ensembles.

She is committed to Swiss music-making and new music: world premieres of chamber music by composers David Wohnlich, Robert Suter, René Gerber, Meinrad Schütter and John Frith. Many of these compositions were dedicated to Franziska Badertscher. A recording of René Gerber’s flute works is available from Gallo, CD 778. A CD featuring Swiss flute music is available from the Gallo label, CD 1424.

Her name also appears on chanson and cabaret programmes, and her face can be spotted at the Basel Fasnacht carnival under a mask as she parades through the streets to marches composed especially for her.

Flute, improvisation, cabaret, carnival, chansons – labels that presuppose boundaries. But when has Franziska Badertscher ever cared about boundaries ?

Education:

– Master’s degree with Conrad Klemm, Winterthur University of Music
– Master’s degree in free improvisation, Basel University of Music
– Teaching diploma with Kiyoshi Kasai Basel SMPV
– Masterclasses with Maxence Larrieu, Trevor Wye and Robert Dick
– Study visit with Robert Dick in New York
– Workshop with composer Pauline Oliveros
– Further training in theatre and language
– Vocal training with Barbara Martig-Tüller, Bern