Reto Suhner

Reto Suhner (* 1974 in Herisau ) is a Swiss jazz musician ( saxophones , flutes , clarinets , also duduk , composition ).

Live and act

Suhner graduated from the jazz school in St. Gallen and then took private lessons with Dick Oatts , Billy Drewes , Rich Perry and Bob Mover in New York.

With his Reto Suhner Quartet, which currently consists of Philip Henzi, Sylvan Jeger and Dominic Egli , he has been performing at home and abroad since 2000 and has released seven albums. In 2009 he founded his nonet and in 2012 a duo with Fabian M. Müller . He was a member of the Swiss Jazz Orchestra and the Zurich Jazz Orchestra . He also played with Herbie Kopf , Martin Streule , Matthias Spillmann , Lester Menezes and Pius Baschnagel, but also modern classical music and (in the Tritonus Ensemble ) folk music. He can also be heard on albums by Adrian Frey , Christoph Stiefel , Béatrice Graf , Max Frankl and Johannes Lauer .

In 1998 and 2007 Suhner received the cultural promotion award of the Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden.

Discographic notes

• Monday (Altrisuoni 2009, with Lester Menezez, Fabian Gisler , Dominik Burkhalter)
• Reto Suhner Nonett Colors (Anuk 2013, with Adrian Pflugshaupt, Matthias Tschopp , Lukas Thöni, Mark Gebhart, Andreas Tschopp , Antonio Neilley-Menendez de Llano, Dominique Girod , Dominik Burkhalter)
• Fabian M. Müller / Reto Suhner shadow play ( Between the lines 2014)
• Fabian M. Müller / Reto Suhner Am Grund (Anuk 2019)
• Reto Suhner Quartet 20 (2020, with Philip Henzi, Silvan Jeger, Dominic Egli )

Web links

• Web presence
• Reto Suhner at Discogs (English)