Christoph Pfändler owes much to his first dulcimer teacher Töbi Tobler, who allowed him to take unconventional paths and encouraged his broad musical interests that range from metal to contemporary. Pfändler studied at the Lucerne School of Music HSLU and since 2013 has been playing in the band of the dialect singer “Kunz”. Besides making his own CDs with his “Metal Kapelle”, Pfändler has also released a free improvisation recording with Töbi Tobler entitled TOPF 1, and the album Roots with “Stalldrang”, which took Pfändler back to his roots in folk music. In 2024, he released his solo album Stimmig. He is a sought-after soloist for various orchestral works, and teaches the hammered dulcimer at the HSLU and the Zug Music School.