{"id":26,"date":"2025-09-29T11:53:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T11:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pixels.the-muri-competition.ch\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2026-02-13T09:05:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:05:49","slug":"about-the-muri-competition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/the-muri-competition.ch\/en\/about-the-muri-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"alignfull overflow-hidden py-mega !py-lg wp-block-fancoolo-section\">\n    <div class=\"wrapper mx-auto wide left\">\n        <div class=\"fancoolo-block-inserter\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"grid gap-lg post-mask-list desk:grid-cols-4 grid-cols-2 wide:grid-cols-3 wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-ea1fff98 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-669 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry team-type-artistic-direction\">\n<figure class=\"is-style-rounded-left wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/the-muri-competition.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Renato-Bizzotto.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-muri-competition.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Renato-Bizzotto.jpg 472w, https:\/\/the-muri-competition.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Renato-Bizzotto-300x260.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"!mb-xs wp-block-post-title\">Renato Bizzotto<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"entry-content !pt-0 !mt-0 wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Artistic Director<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2013, we had the vision of putting Muri - our village, our monastery - on the world map of music. Today, Muri has become a brand that every oboist and bassoonist knows at a professional level - worldwide.<br>That is what drives me: to turn our cultural hotspot into a center for music that opens up new perspectives for musicians. The competition should help them to lay a decisive building block for their career and accompany them on their way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-670 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry team-type-artistic-direction\">\n<figure class=\"is-style-rounded-left wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/the-muri-competition.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Martin-Frutiger.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-muri-competition.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Martin-Frutiger.jpg 472w, https:\/\/the-muri-competition.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Martin-Frutiger-300x260.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"!mb-xs wp-block-post-title\">Martin Frutiger<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"entry-content !pt-0 !mt-0 wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Chair Jury Oboe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Professor of Oboe, Zurich University of the Arts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Muri Competition is a great success story and is now firmly established in the world of double reeds. Today, our prizewinners hold important international positions in orchestras and music academies and have great careers as soloists. Muri is about more than discovering talent and promoting careers: the focus is on encounters between oboists and bassoonists, with world-famous jurors, producers, the public and host families. It has been a great pleasure for me to be part of the organizing team of this competition from the very beginning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-671 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry team-type-artistic-direction\">\n<figure class=\"is-style-rounded-left wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/the-muri-competition.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Matthias-Racz.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-muri-competition.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Matthias-Racz.jpg 472w, https:\/\/the-muri-competition.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Matthias-Racz-300x260.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"!mb-xs wp-block-post-title\">Matthias R\u00e1cz<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"entry-content !pt-0 !mt-0 wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Chair Bassoon Jury<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Professor of Bassoon, Zurich University of the Arts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have been involved in The Muri Competition from the very beginning and am proud to bring the best international oboists and bassoonists to Switzerland. Promoting the young generation of musicians is a great need of mine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignfull overflow-hidden py-mega !py-lg wp-block-fancoolo-section\">\n    <div class=\"wrapper mx-auto wide left\">\n        <div class=\"fancoolo-block-inserter\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"grid gap-lg post-mask-list desk:grid-cols-4 wide:grid-cols-3 wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-ea1fff98 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-673 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry team-type-organisation-team\">\n<figure class=\"is-style-rounded-left wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/the-muri-competition.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Peter-Mueller.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-muri-competition.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Peter-Mueller.jpg 472w, https:\/\/the-muri-competition.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Peter-Mueller-300x260.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"!mb-xs wp-block-post-title\">Peter M\u00fcller<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"entry-content !pt-0 !mt-0 wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Project coordination<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the challenge, it is a great pleasure for me to be able to experience the global union of current and future top musicians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-674 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry team-type-organisation-team\">\n<figure class=\"is-style-rounded-left wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/the-muri-competition.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jolanda-Covo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-muri-competition.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jolanda-Covo.jpg 472w, https:\/\/the-muri-competition.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jolanda-Covo-300x260.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"!mb-xs wp-block-post-title\">Jolanda Covo<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"entry-content !pt-0 !mt-0 wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Administration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:jolanda.covo@the-muri-competition.ch\"><strong>jolanda.covo@the-muri-competition.ch<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I've been part of the OC since 2013. The personal encounters with the musicians, the jury, the r\u00e9p\u00e9titeurs and the helpers never fail to inspire me. That's what makes The Muri Competition unique for me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-675 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry team-type-organisation-team\">\n<figure class=\"is-style-rounded-left wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/the-muri-competition.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Stephi-Keusch.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-muri-competition.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Stephi-Keusch.jpg 472w, https:\/\/the-muri-competition.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Stephi-Keusch-300x260.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"!mb-xs wp-block-post-title\">Stephi Keusch<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"entry-content !pt-0 !mt-0 wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Administration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:stephanie.keusch@the-muri-competition.ch\"><strong>stephanie.keusch@the-muri-competition.ch<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It's exciting for me to meet musicians from all over the world and gain new experiences in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-672 team type-team status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry team-type-organisation-team\">\n<figure class=\"is-style-rounded-left wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/the-muri-competition.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Andre-Heller.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-muri-competition.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Andre-Heller.jpg 472w, https:\/\/the-muri-competition.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Andre-Heller-300x260.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"!mb-xs wp-block-post-title\">Andr\u00e9 Heller<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"entry-content !pt-0 !mt-0 wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Communication and marketing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:andre.heller@the-muri-competition.ch\"><strong>andre.heller@the-muri-competition.ch<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Muri Competition takes place on the premises of Muri Abbey. For me, this is a place that shows: Consistency and renewal belong together. And listening is the basis for everything. 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