Larsen Genovese

Founder / Composer

He likes and plays a lot of different styles of folk music. Studied classical violin in Consevatorio in Palermo, got a little bored with playing only classical music and started exploring other musical cultures. After playing with many bands in different musical styles, in 2024 he decided it’s time to give life to his own Folk-Frankenstein-Style compositions and went on a search for other like-minded brave musicians

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Marcel Zimmermann

Violinist

Born on May 1, 1973, in Stans (NW), raised in Bern. Studied music at the Jazz School in Basel and completed a Master’s degree in Music Pedagogy at the University of the Arts in Bern, with classical violin training under Barbara Doll. Attended masterclasses with Pierre Blanchard, Didier Lockwood, John Blake, and Tim Kliphuis. Has performed in concerts and recordings with Handsome Hank, Zimi’s Hot Swing Thing, Kapsamun, Melaccoustica, Tinkabelle, Bligg, Tinu Heiniger, Don Li, Symphonic Salsa, John Wolf Brennan, Pago Libre, among others.

Since 2007, Marcel Zimmermann lives in Bern, teaches at the Konsi Bern Music School, and works as a freelance musician.

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Francesca Verga

Violistin

Excellently graduated at the Conservatory of Vicenza (2008), the violist Francesca Verga continued her studies at the „Accademia Walter Stauffer“ of Cremona with Bruno Giuranna, and with Antonello Farulli at the „Scuola di Musica di Fiesole“ of Firenze where she becomes a member of the Orchestra Giovanile Italiana, performing as viola leader (2010/11). After taking part in the activity of diverse Italian chamber music groups and orchestras, and obtaining her bachelor’s degree in philosophy at the University of Padova (2014), she pursues her specialization in viola with Patrik Jüdt at the HKB, completing a Master Performance (2016) and Master Specialized in Research (2019), graduating with honor. With a musically versatile personality, a lively curiosity, and a love for knowledge, she studies also singing, piano, and composition and enjoys dealing with a large repertoire with both a historically informed and a more experimental attitude.
She started in the winter semester 2019 a doctorate program at the Graduate School of Humanities of Bern, with a project of authorial philology on the figure and composition process of the Giacinto Scelsi that promises large benefits for both fields of research and performance.
From December 2019 she starts to work as musical director of the company of musical and experimental theater Opera Lab of Berlin, in which she manages to combine her research approach on the performative techniques and on the compositional process with creative musical choices.

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Clíodhna Ní Aodáin

Cellistin

Clíodhna Ní Aodáin is an Irish cellist, composer, conductor, and teacher based in Bern, Switzerland. A versatile artist, she weaves her classical foundation with improvisation and the rich traditions of Irish and Scottish music. Clíodhna teaches cello at the Musikschule Konservatorium Bern, and directs the Orchester Divertimento Bern and the children’s orchestra Die Tigerbande.
She is the founder of The Celtic Cello and designs projects that connect music with broader themes of culture, storytelling, and nature. Her initiative Cellos for Trees exemplifies this, blending environmental awareness with artistic expression.

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