Artists & Projects

Zofia Neugebauer is an internationally acclaimed flutist celebrated for her lyrical tone. A graduate of the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic, she was mentored by Emmanuel Pahud and Mathieu Dufour and studied in Basel with Felix Renggli.

She has performed as a soloist and principal flutist with ensembles such as the German Chamber Orchestra Berlin, the Basel Symphony Orchestra, the Cavatina Philharmonic, the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, and Camerata Zurich, and is principal flute of the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra.

Her debut album, featuring Mozart’s flute concertos, will be released in 2026.

Highlights of the season include a solo tour with the German Chamber Orchestra Berlin, her debut in Hungary with the Pannon Philharmonic, and her debut at the Vienna Musikverein.

The ARD Prize winner has recorded Lalo on gut strings and reconstructed the Violin Concerto by Gavriil Popov, long thought lost. Playing and research go hand in hand.

As a soloist, he has performed with orchestras including the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Il Giardino Armonico, the Kammerorchester Basel, the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Stuttgart Philharmonic. He works with Giovanni Antonini as concertmaster and soloist (including the ‘Haydn Project 2032’) and, as a chamber musician, with Sol Gabetta (Cappella Gabetta, Solsberg Festival), Ilya Gringolts, Aylen Pritchin and Sergei Redkin.

His discography includes an album of solo works by Bach and Bartók alongside a sonata by Hansheinz Schneeberger discovered among his personal papers (First Hand Records), Lalo’s violin concertos with Heinz Holliger (Prospero Classical), Haydn’s Violin Concerto for the Haydn2032 series (Alpha Classics) and ‘Stranger Sainton’ (Fuga Libera, September 2026).

In November, he makes his debut with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg under Giovanni Antonini.

The Swiss pianist and conductor Joseph Sieber is Assistant Conductor of the Basel Sinfonietta and Artistic Director of the outreach initiative Simple Symphony.

Educated in Switzerland, England and the United States and now based in Paris, he received the highest distinction for his diploma concert with the BBC Philharmonic and was a Conducting Fellow of both the Lucerne Festival Academy and the Cabrillo Festival in California. Described as a “bridge-builder to a new audience for classical music” (Luzerner Zeitung), he developed the Central Switzerland Youth Symphony Orchestra (ZJSO), which he founded, into one of the most versatile and widely recognised youth ensembles in Switzerland during the seven years of his leadership. As a pioneer in the field of young talent development and innovative orchestral productions, he has received numerous awards, including the European Music Mediation Prize.

Music mediation in the third millennium. Our world has changed far more in recent decades than the ways in which we experience classical music. Simple Symphony is the response: an alliance of award-winning young music educators, cultural managers and musicians, led by conductor Joseph Sieber.

Based in Lucerne, the initiative has been developing and producing new presentation and participation formats for symphonic music since 2024 – for orchestras, festivals and presenters. Partners include Lucerne Festival and KunstKreisLuzern. The name pays tribute to Benjamin Britten and his work as a music educator.

Three formats, one aim: to bring classical music to where people are today.