Orchestra Manager
Fabrice Umiglia
After brilliant oboe studies at the HEMU in Lausanne, Fabrice Umiglia pursued an outstanding career as an oboist, becoming substitute soloist with the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester in 1997. As a musician, he has played with numerous orchestras on 4 continents and worked with the most renowned soloists. In 2017 he switched to orchestra management and has since worked with orchestras such as Camerata Schweiz, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich and Festival Strings Lucerne. At the same time, he continues his teaching activities. His students regularly win awards at regional and national level. He joined the Swiss Orchestra team in January 2024.
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Project Manager & Dramaturge
Andreas Baumgartner
Andreas Baumgartner has been working for the Swiss Orchestra as project manager and dramaturge since 2021. After studying musicology, German literature and philosophy in Giessen and Freiburg im Breisgau, he is currently completing his doctorate at the Institute of Musicology at the University of Basel, where he is also a lecturer. From 2019 to 2020 Andreas Baumgartner was Managing Director of the Ensemble-Akademie Baden-Württemberg in Freiburg, a joint institution of the ensemble recherche and the Freiburger Barockorchester.
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Marketing Director
Andrea Vonwald
As a specialist in communications and marketing, Andrea Vonwald is part of the Swiss Orchestra since July 2024. She began working as a freelance editor for lifestyle media in 2014 while studying English and Spanish literature. From 2016 to September 2021, she was Head of Press and Public Relations at Marketing und Tourismus Konstanz GmbH. Before taking the step into self-employment as a copywriter, journalist and online expert in 2023, Andrea Vonwald worked as a senior account manager at the Zurich-based communications agency Brand Affairs. In this position she advised different national SMEs, start-ups and global brands with locations in Switzerland.
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Music library
Chin-Ting Huang
Chin-Ting Huang has been in charge of the Swiss Orchestra’s sheet music library since August 2024. She is a violist and has been part of the Pacific Quartet Vienna since 2012. She graduated with honours from the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, majoring in viola and string chamber music. In addition to her musical career, she gained extensive experience in music and cultural management. She worked for several years as an organiser for Viola-Space-Taiwan and the isa-International Summer Academy of the MDW. From 2022 to 2024 she was project manager for the leading music organisation software 442Hz.
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Orchestra Office & Dramaturgy, Swiss Orchestra Society & Ticketing
Lukas Nussbaumer
Lukas Nussbaumer has been part of the Swiss Orchestra team since July 2022, supporting in the areas orchestra office and dramaturgy and since November 2023 as the person responsible for the support of the Swiss Orchestra Society and ticketing. He studied Musicology and History at the University of Basel and is currently doing research on the influence of pop music into the contemporary music scene of the German speaking part of Europe. As a freelance journalist, he regularly writes concert reviews and musician portraits for daily newspapers as well as specialized magazines.
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