| Countertenor Jan Thomer studied singing at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Gerd Türk, Dominique Vellard, Ulrich Messthaler and Andreas Scholl. He now studies with Scot Weir in Zürich. He is a prizewinner of the Swiss Youth Music Competition (with distinction) and the Friedl Wald Foundation. He has participated in master-classes with Jakob Stämpfli, Rosa Dominguez and Margreet Honig. As well as singing in the French ensemble Gilles Binchois, he has also performed as a soloist at the Davos Festival “Young artists in concert” (2007) and the Zürich Opera House (2008, 2009). |