Lisa Wyss

Lisa Wyss (1991, Langnau, Switzerland) has made a name for herself not only as a versatile chamber musician but also as a virtuous soloist.

In the past years, she received invitations to perform as a soloist with the Zürcher Kammerorchester, the Musikkollegium Bern, the Sinfonia Baden, the festival ensemble of Arosa Kultur and the symphony orchestra Burgdorf. She also played at renowned festivals such as the Schleswig Holstein Musikfestival, the Festival Next Generation Bad Ragaz and the Grachtenfestival Amsterdam and was invited to play solo concerts in the Auditorium Lyon and the Zeche Zollverein in Essen.

In 2014 Lisa Wyss founded the Ardemus Quartet, together with three study colleagues in Amsterdam. In the last years the quartet has established itself as a distinguished ensemble with international concert activity.

Especially the radiating joy and enthusiasm of playing together has been numerously praised by the international press. The success of the ensemble is documented by invitations to play in halls such as the Konzerthaus Berlin, the BOZAR Brussels, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Izumi Hall Osaka and the Lisinski Hall Zagreb.

Lisa Wyss completed her Bachelor studies at the Hochschule der Künste Bern with distinction. She continued her studies in the internationally respected class of Arno Bornkamp at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, where she graduated from her Master studies.

She has been awarded numerous prizes: several times she won a first prize at the Music Competition for Youth in Switzerland, in 2010 she won the award of the Kiwanisclub Burgdorf, in 2011 a first prize at the international competition of the Fondation Bellan in Paris and in 2012 and also 2013 she received a study prize of the Migros Kulturprozent in Switzerland and was admitted into their concert agency. In 2016 she won the first prize at the Kiefer Hablitzel music competition.