Swiss violinist Sebastian Bohren has forged a distinctive career as a world-class soloist, empathetic chamber musician and collaborator, acclaimed recording artist and inspired entrepreneur. With a wide-ranging repertoire that spans the Classical era to the present day, he has been praised for his “bravura playing” (The Sunday Times) and interpretations imbued with “charm and elegance” (The Strad). Highlights of Sebastian Bohren’s concerto appearances are Mendelssohn and Szymanowski with Andrew Manze and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Beethoven with Michael Sanderling and the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra; Mendelssohn and Eötvös with Ivor Bolton and Sinfonieorchester Basel; Bartok with Heinz Holliger and the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana; Lindberg and Vasks with Thierry Fischer and the Munich Chamber Orchestra; Pärt and Schnittke with Daniel Hope and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra; Mozart with Marc Minkowski and the Basel Chamber Orchestra; Beethoven with Cristian Macelaru and the Romanian Chamber Orchestra; and Mendelssohn with Christoph Poppen and the Cologne Chamber Orchestra. Sebastian Bohren’s entrepreneurial flair led to his establishing the Swiss-based Brugg Festival in 2023, a week-long gathering that hosts a variety of musicians and offers a robust educational element. Sebastian Bohren plays a 1761 violin made in Parma by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, the “Ex-Wanamaker-Hart”.