Felix Renggli, born in Basel, Switzerland, studied flute with G. Hildenbrand, A.Nicolet and P-L. Graf. After graduating from the Music Academy Basel, he played as a solo flutist in various orchestras.
Felix Renggli frequently performs as a soloist and chamber musician as well as teaching masterclasses throughout Europe, South America, the US, Japan, Korea and China and has appeared as a guest artist at numerous international music festivals. His regular collaboration with oboist, conductor and composer Heinz Holliger has profoundly impacted his work as a concert artist.
Renggli’s repertoire ranges from New Music (many premiere performances with the Swiss Chamber Soloists and the Ensemble Contrechamps), classical chamber music and solo repertoire, all the way to performances of Early Music on period instruments.
Since 1994 Felix Renggli is Professor for Flute and Chamber Music at the University of Music in Basel. He was a faculty member of the Music University of Freiburg, Germany from 2004 to 2014. Since 2014 he teaches also at the “Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana” in Lugano.
For more than 20 years Felix Renggli acts as one of three Artistic Directors of the Swiss Chamber Concerts, Switzerland’s first nationwide concert series, which obtained the “Swiss Music Prize 2020”.
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