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Rebecca (she/her) is an eclectic artist based in Switzerland, sometimes. Trained as a clarinet player. her artistic practice centers on experimental music, transdisciplinary creation, and improvisation. With a focus on alternative performance formats, she engages in immersive productions that explore experimental sound across disciplines and contexts—driven by a deep interest in collaborative creation and socially engaged practice.
In addition to her experimental work, Rebecca is active in the jazz and folk music scenes. Her curiosity leads her to explore a wide range of artistic approaches, including contemporary dance, physical theater or contact improvisation.
She is a co-founder of several ensembles currently active in Switzerland and internationally, including IPSO (transdisciplinary collective), and the Gonzalez-Minten Duo (electro-acoustic composition) and the Tzupati Orchestra (Balkan/Klezmer). She also performs regularly as a guest with ensembles such as Collettivo_21, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Collegium Novum Zürich, Ensemble Vortex and HANATSUmiroir.
Rebecca has appeared at festivals including the Darmstädter Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Winterthurer Musikfestwochen, Klangspuren Schwaz, Mixtur Festival, zoom-in Festival, Biennale Mediterraneo Archipelago, Festival Musica Strasbourg, Sonorities Festival Belfast, Neue Musik Rümlingen, Dresdner Tage der zeitgenössischen Musik, Blockheide leuchtet, Neue Musik St. Ruprecht or Musikfestival Bern—where she created and led the sound walk inSENSé in 2022.
She participated in the Ensemble Modern Summer Academy (IEMA) in Frankfurt in 2021 and held artist residencies at the Biennale Mediterraneo Archipelago in Palermo (2022), the Microtonal Music Studio in Helsinki (2023–24), Leveld Kunstnartun (2025) and Cité des Arts de Paris (2026).
Rebecca holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master’s degree in Music Performance with honors from the Bern University of the Arts, where she studied under Ernesto Molinari, specializing in bass and contrabass clarinet. She continued her artistic training in contemporary music at the Hochschule für Musik Basel under the guidance of Marcus Weiss, Mike Svoboda, Sarah Maria Sun, and Yaron Deutsch.
Her work has been supported by scholarships, including the Hirschmann Stiftung (2022), Fondation Nicati-de-Luze (2022–23), and the Ammann Falb Stipendium (2023). Her solo project was nominated for the Berlin Prize for Young Artists in 2024.
Rebecca has collaborated with artists and composers such as Éliane Radigue, Tristan Perich, Nicole Lizée, Clara Ianotta, Georg Friedrich Haas, Simon Steen-Andersen, Basak Senova, Ilan Volkov, Emilio Pomarico, Egle Oddo, Jacques Di Donato, Shizuyo Oka, Carl Rosman, Franziska Baumann, Frank Gratkowski, Joëlle Léandre, Alexandra Grimal, Brian Archinal, and Françoise Rivalland, among others.