Thomas Aeschbacher awarded the Golden Treble Clef
Schwyzerörgel player Thomas Aeschbacher, who has been committed to the almost forgotten Swiss instrument Langnauer for years, will be awarded the Golden Treble Clef 2023.
Thomas Aeschbacher lives with his family in Langenthal. He has been a member of the Pflanzplätz band since 1993, occasionally teaches advanced Schwyzerörgeli privately and works part-time as a music teacher at the Burgdorf upper school. He has been running Schwyzerörgeli courses at the folk music weeks in Arosa and for the Swiss Folk Music Association VSV for decades. He teaches alpine folk music/world music at the Bern University of the Arts.
He has already played the Schwyzerörgeli in various projects, including in the film "Mein Name ist Eugen" and with the whole family from 2008 in the "Bärner Jodlerpredig" by and with Hannes Fuhrer. The award ceremony for Thomas Aeschbacher will take place on September 30, 2023 in Langenthal.
The golden treble clef was created in 1958 by Paul Künzi to honor people who have made a special commitment to folk music and have thus rendered outstanding services. The most recent recipients include Claudia Muff, Johannes Schmid-Kunz, René Wicky, Ruedi Renggli, Arno Jehli, Dani Häusler and Heidi and Ruedi Wachter.
