Swiss Ice Fiddlers & Tango Glaciar
Swiss Ice Fiddlers & Tango Glaciar
,,…Melt hearts instead of ice.“
TangoGlaciar is a versatile duo from Switzerland that combines the passion of Argentine tango with the clarity and depth of alpine soundscapes. With their music, they create a touching bridge between two worlds—between the energy of the south and the quiet power of the mountains.
TangoGlaciar always enjoys participating in tango evenings and musical events, thrilling audiences on a wide variety of stages with their expressiveness and enthusiasm. At the same time, they want to use their music to draw attention to the beauty and vulnerability of glaciers—thus combining art and awareness, sound and climate change.
Swiss ice fiddlers
Swiss ice fiddlers
String music and ice fascination in the Swiss mountains
The Swiss Ice Fiddlers evoke emotions in a unique way, highlighting the fascinating ice world of the high mountains. Violin music, landscape photography, exciting fairy tales animated with images, and popular scientific explanations of glaciology create unexpectedly enchanting effects that make climate protection a matter close to the heart. Evening programs, performances, children's excursions, and entertainment for all kinds of events are put together individually. Musical performances include entertaining folk music from Northern Europe (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Ireland), Switzerland, and klezmer music.
String music and ice fascination in the Swiss mountains
The Swiss Ice Fiddlers evoke emotions in a unique way, highlighting the fascinating ice world of the high mountains. Violin music, landscape photography, exciting fairy tales animated with images, and popular scientific explanations of glaciology create unexpectedly enchanting effects that make climate protection a matter close to the heart. Evening programs, performances, children's excursions, and entertainment for all kinds of events are put together individually. Musical performances include entertaining folk music from Northern Europe (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Ireland), Switzerland, and klezmer music.
Here you will find videos that combine glaciers and climate change with the music of the duo TangoGlaciar — a creative encounter between science and sound.
Whether it's a concert or a private event, the duo TangoGlaciar and the Swiss ice fiddlers would be delighted to perform at your event. For inquiries, please contact us at info@glaciersalive.ch.
Our musicians
Felix Keller
is a glaciologist and musician (violin/viola), managing director of Gletschervision GmbH, and lecturer at ETH Zurich. As co-founder of Camerata Engiadinaisa and the duo TangoGlaciar, he combines scientific curiosity with artistic passion. His work and music reflect his fascination with ice, sound, and movement. He is the father of three children and lives in Ftan.
Hans Oerlemans
is a glaciologist, guitarist, double bass player, and professor of meteorology at Utrecht University (Netherlands). He has been studying and researching the Morteratsch Glacier since 1994. Hans is an enthusiastic tango dancer, musician, and arranger, and together with Felix Keller, he founded the duo TangoGlaciar, which performs regularly at events in Switzerland and abroad.
Luzia Studer
brings with her many years of experience with music in all areas of life. As a kindergarten teacher, former choir director, clinical music therapist (MAS, SFMT), and music educator, she accompanies people of all ages with music. Her guitar can be heard almost every day—whether in class, during therapeutic moments, or simply for the joy of sound. Music connects, moves, and fills her everyday life with warmth.
Krista Koestler
After completing her primary school teacher training, she graduated from the conservatory with a teaching diploma in violin. Soon, however, she became equally enthusiastic about playing the viola. As principal player in Wil and Frauenfeld, she is involved in classical music orchestras and plays light music with the Reto Parolari Orchestra. Her connection to the Engadin led her to the Swiss Ice Fiddlers.
Brigitte Terrier
began playing the violin as a child and later took up the viola as well. As an enthusiastic amateur string player, she mainly plays classical chamber music, but also sometimes salon and light music. As a member of the Trio Nordwind, she spent seven years focusing intensively on Celtic and Nordic music and frequently performed at various events and concerts.
Robert Grossmann
has a broad musical education. His basic training began with music studies at the University of California, La Jolla. Robert Grossmann then continued his studies of guitar and lute at California State University, Northridge (teaching diploma) and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (master's diploma). In 2002, he received the Eliette von Karajan Advancement Award.
Ruedi Bischoff
Ruedi has been teaching the hammered dulcimer for over 30 years, was the founding president of the Swiss Hammered Dulcimer Association, and has written a textbook on the instrument. He has also played dance music in various ensembles, as well as in concerts, solo, or accompanied by organ, theorbo, etc. During two stays in Finland, he studied Finnish folk music.
Urs Senn
is a trained violist and has been playing with the Graubünden Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra for more than 20 years. He also plays the violin and double bass in various ensembles, primarily with the Schilter Trio. He expressed his love for the mountains and glaciers of Graubünden in his composition “Gipfelsinfonie” (Summit Symphony), which was performed in 1996 on Muottas Muragl in the Engadin.
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