Fabian Müller’s (*1964) works have been premiered by musicians such as David Zinman, Andris Nelsons, Christopher Hogwood, Steven Isserlis, Dame Evelyn Glennie, and Henning Kraggerud, and have been performed in renowned venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Elbphilharmonie, Tonhalle Zürich, and Teatro Colón. He has written commissioned works for, among others, the Lucerne Festival, the Interlaken Music Festival, Cully Classique, and the Vestfold Festspillene.
His opera EIGER (2021/22) was enthusiastically acclaimed by audiences and critics. His family opera Heidi und das Weihnachtswunder (2022/23) also enjoyed great success. Recordings with orchestras such as the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra document his extensive work. In 2024, he was nominated for the OPUS Klassik award in the “Composer of the Year” category. In 2016, he was awarded a “Swiss Music Prize”. In addition to composition and leading festivals (TWICF, Confluence Musikfest), he is also dedicated to folk music: he spent ten years working on the publication of the Hanny Christen Collection.