David Philip Hefti

Swiss composer, born 1975. He studied at the Musikhochschulen in Zürich and Karlsruhe by Wolfgang Rihm, Wolfang Meyer, Rudolf Kelterborn and Cristóbal Halffter. He acts as a composer and conductor. In 2013 he won the composer award of the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung and in 2015 the Hindemith Award of Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. Also he is the winner of the prestigious Composition Competitions Gustav Mahler in Vienna and Pablo Casals in Prades.