10 Notable alumni of
University of Applied Sciences of Northwestern Switzerland
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The University of Applied Sciences of Northwestern Switzerland is 2636th in the world, 838th in Europe, and 13th in Switzerland by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 10 notable alumni from the University of Applied Sciences of Northwestern Switzerland sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Sol Gabetta
- Occupations
- cellistuniversity teachermusic educator
- Biography
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Sol Gabetta is an Argentine cellist. The daughter of Andrés Gabetta and Irène Timacheff-Gabetta, she has French and Russian ancestry. Her brother Andrés is a baroque violinist.
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Montserrat Figueras
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- opera singer
- Biography
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Montserrat Figueras i García was a Spanish soprano who specialized in early music.
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Heinz Holliger
- Occupations
- composerconductoruniversity teacheroboistmusicologist
- Biography
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Heinz Robert Holliger is a Swiss composer, virtuoso oboist, and conductor. Celebrated for his versatility and technique, Holliger is among the most prominent oboists of his generation. His repertoire includes Baroque and Classical pieces, but he has regularly engaged in lesser known pieces of Romantic music, as well as his own compositions. He often performed contemporary works with his wife, the harpist Ursula Holliger. Many composers have written works for him, including Messiaen, Berio, Carter, Henze, Krenek, Lutosławski, Martin, Penderecki, Stockhausen and Yun. A noted composer himself, Hollinger has written works such as the opera Schneewittchen (1998).
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Arie Vardi
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- television presenterpianistconductor
- Biography
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Arie Vardi is a classical pianist, conductor, and piano pedagogue. He is laureate of the Israel Prize in 2017.
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Núria Rial
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- opera singerperforming artist
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Núria Rial is a Spanish soprano. In recent years, Rial has specialized in the music of the renaissance and baroque eras, such as the works of Handel and Monteverdi. Her repertoire also includes Johann Sebastian Bach, Mozart opera roles, and German, French, Catalan and Castillian art songs.
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Nicolas Altstaedt
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- cellist
- Biography
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Nicolas Altstaedt is a German-French cellist. His versatile career incorporates solo performance, chamber music, conducting, and artistic programming, with a repertoire spanning from early music to the contemporary.
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Michael Mack
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- entrepreneurbusiness executive
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Michael Mack is a German entrepreneur. He is part of the Mack Family, which owns and runs the German theme park Europa-Park.
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Matthias Theodor Vogt
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- university teacherwriterhistoriancultural historianmusicologist
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Matthias Theodor Vogt is a German academic with a focus on cultural policy and an author of studies on cultural conditions that might serve to strengthen the democratic potential in diverse European countries. Between 1992 and 1995, Vogt developed the overall blueprint for the Free State of Saxony’s law on cultural areas, and contributed to its acceptance and implementation. Since 1994 he has acted as the founding director of the Saxonian Institute for Cultural Infrastructure (Institut für kulturelle Infrastruktur Sachsen) and since 1997 has been Professor for Cultural Policy and Cultural History at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz). In 2012, Vogt was made honorary professor of the University of Pécs and in 2014 was awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland for his contributions to German-Polish cooperation. Matthias Theodor Vogt is a Roman Catholic; he is married and has three children.
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Simone Zgraggen
- Occupations
- violinistuniversity teacher
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Simone Zgraggen is a Swiss violinist and professor at Freiburg University of Music.
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Katja Loher
- Enrolled in the University of Applied Sciences of Northwestern Switzerland
- Studied in 2001-2004
- Occupations
- video installation artistvideo artisttelevision producer
- Biography
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Katja Loher is a Swiss visual artist, known for her video sculptures and installations. She often integrates organic, planetary, and moving choreographic elements into panoramic aerial perspectives. Her pieces are considered by critics as evocative of alternative dimensions where past, present, and future converge. Her works have been shown in art museums in many countries including Italy, Russia, China, and the US. Her art is also represented in the collections of institutions like Swissgrid AG, Perth Concert Hall Museum, and the New Britain Museum of American Art. Loher was born in Zurich in 1979.
