Sherniyaz Mussakhan, the concertmaster of the Swiss Orchestra, was born in 1993. He has performed as a soloist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (London), the Basel Symphony Orchestra, the Astana Opera Symphony Orchestra and others. He has appeared at various festivals including the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, the Sion Festival and the Stars at the Rhein Festival, and has performed as a soloist at the Bolshoi Theatre, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Hofburg in Vienna, the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg and in the Great Hall of the Moscow State Conservatory. In addition to his performing activities, Mussakhan is also the founder and artistic director of various cultural projects such as the Basel Infinity Festival, the YES Chamber Orchestra and the Dialoge Festival.
