Education: 1983, Bachelor of Music, Juilliard School of Music New York; 1999, Executive MBA, St. Gallen University; 2003, General Managment Program, Harvard Business School.
Career: early 1980s: career as solo-violinist. 1986-1998, Co-Founder and Artistic Director, International Davos Music Festival "Young Artists in Concert". Since 1999, Artistic and Executive Director, Lucerne Festival. Board Member: Davos Festival Foundation, UBS Cultural Foundation, Pierre Boulez Foundation, Swiss Young-Musicians Competition. Chairman of the Jury, Credit Suisse Young Artist Award. 2000, Global Leader for Tomorrow, World Economic Forum Davos. Recipient of numerous awards and honours.