Christoph Irniger

Christoph Irniger (tenor saxophone, born in 1979) has been playing his instrument since he was 11. Between 2000 and 2006, he studied music pedagogy at the Zurich Jazz School and performance at Lucerne Music College where he graduated with distinction. His teachers were Christoph Grab and Nat Su. He also took lessons from Dave Liebman, Enrico Rava, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Ari Hoenig, Mark Turner and Nils Wogram. Irniger taught at the Zurich Music School Conservatory and also dedicates himself to his trio/quartet and the band Cowboys From Hell in addition to Pilgrim.   Vera Kappeler (piano, born in 1974) completed her piano studies with a teaching diploma at the Winterthur Conservatory in 1999. She also took lessons at Basel Jazz School at the same time. Today, she plays in various projects in the areas of jazz, folk and free improvisation and teaches in Winterthur and Lucerne.   Christian Weber (contrabass, born in 1970) studied at the University for Music and Drama Art in Graz and at the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz under Adelhard Roidinger. His studied under Ernst Weissenheimer in Vienna and then held a position as instructor at Bern University. He composes music regularly for theater, film and sound installations and is a member of several other bands.   Michael Stulz (drums, born in 1977) studied at the New Yorker Drummers Collective, the Jazz Department at Lucerne Music College. In the meantime, you can hear him on almost all stages in the world in one of his more than 10 current bands.