Conductor/Composer

David Philip Hefti

As both composer and conductor, David Philip Hefti is one of the most renowned and most successful Swiss musicians. He was born in St. Gallen in 1975 and studied composition, conducting, clarinet and chamber music at the music academies of Zurich and Karlsruhe. As both conductor and composer, Hefti has worked with numerous orchestras and ensembles including the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, the Bavarian State Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of Bavarian Radio, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, the Tokyo Sinfonietta, the Berlin Baroque Soloists, the Scharoun Ensemble Berlin, the Ensemble Modern, the Amaryllis Quartet and the Leipzig String Quartet.

Videos

Concerts

9.10.25
Napoli
Conservatorio San Pietro a Majella
Details

https://www.sanpietroamajella.it

David Philip Hefti: Sternenregen – mosaic for solo flute

Philipp Jundt, flute

24.10.25
Boston
Goethe-Institut Boston
Details

https://www.goethe.de

Works by David Philip Hefti, John Aylward a.o.

Ecce-Ensemble and members of the Berlin Philharmonic
David Philip Hefti, conductor

7.11.25
Shanghai
Shanghai Concert Hall
Details

https://www.shanghaiconcerthall.org

David Philip Hefti: Kadenz und Interludien – zur Sonate in a-moll für Flöte solo (Wq 132) von C. P. E. Bach

David Philip Hefti: 12 Fantasien – für Flöte solo

David Philip Hefti: Sternenregen – Mosaik für Flöte solo

Philipp Jundt, Flöte

7.12.25
Stuttgart
Liederhalle Beethovensaal
Details

https://www.staatsoper-stuttgart.de

David Philip Hefti: Final(ment)e – 'Beziehungsweisen' for two trumpets and orchestra

Alexander Kirn & Lennard Czakaj, trumpets / Staatsorchester Stuttgart / Cornelius Meister, conductor

8.12.25
Stuttgart
Liederhalle Beethovensaal
Details

https://www.staatsoper-stuttgart.de

David Philip Hefti: Final(ment)e – 'Beziehungsweisen' for two trumpets and orchestra

Alexander Kirn & Lennard Czakaj, trumpets / Staatsorchester Stuttgart / Cornelius Meister, conductor

2.3.26
Hamburg
Elbphilharmonie
Details

https://www.kammermusikfreunde.de

David Philip Hefti: new work for violin and cello
world premiere

Hellen Weiß, violin / Gabriel Schwabe, cello

8.3.26
Wettingen
Aula Margeläcker
Details

https://w-kk.ch

David Philip Hefti: Gesänge der Sehnsucht – string quartet no. 8

Amaryllis Quartett

3.5.26
Basel
Dorfkirche Riehen
Details

https://www.schubertiaderiehen.ch

David Philip Hefti: Ans Ende der Zeit – string quartet no. 7

Amaryllis Quartett

5.5.26
Zürich
Tonhalle
Details

https://zko.ch

David Philip Hefti: new work for string orchestra
world premiere

Zürcher Kammerorchester / Willi Zimmermann, play & conduct

4.6.26
Winterthur
Kirchgemeindehaus Liebestrasse
Details

https://zurichchambersingers.com

David Philip Hefti: new work for a cappella choir
world premiere

Zurich Chamber Singers / Christian Erny, conductor

5.6.26
Hamburg
Elbphilharmonie
Details

https://www.elbphilharmonie.de

David Philip Hefti: new work for a cappella choir

Zurich Chamber Singers / Christian Erny, conductor

6.6.26
Bremen
Sendesaal
Details

https://sendesaal-bremen.de

David Philip Hefti: new work for a cappella choir

Zurich Chamber Singers / Christian Erny, conductor

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