Founded in Basel in 2000, the ensemble includes Ivana Pristašová-Zaugg on violin, Petra Ackermann on viola and Martin Jaggi on cello. They have contributed significantly to the contemporary music scene, performing numerous world premieres and collaborating extensively with composers such as Dieter Ammann and Jürg Frey. Their recordings have been released on labels such as Musiques Suisses and Neos. The Mondrian Ensemble has its own concert series in Switzerland and performs regularly throughout Europe. In 2012, it received the “Werkjahr für musikalische Interpretation” award from the city of Zurich and in 2015 was included in the partnership programme of the Fondation Nestlé pour l'art.
In 2018, it received the prestigious Swiss Music Prize, being described as ‘bold bridge builders’ for its ability to connect different musical styles, ignoring historical barriers. This ensemble is involved in both classical-romantic and contemporary music, and often ventures beyond the boundaries of chamber music, exploring improvisation, musical theatre and dance, as well as electronic music.

Born in Singapore in 1997, she is a composer and dancer studying composition at the Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg with Johannes Schöllhorn, thanks to scholarships from the DAAD and the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg. She began dancing classical ballet at the age of three and participated in the Singapore Ballet's pre-professional programme from 2017 to 2020.
In 2023, she composed Wogen, eins ums andere for Ensemble ö!, in which she also danced and choreographed. In 2024, she created now i lay me down to dream, an opera exploring the connection between dance and music. Her works have been performed in Europe, Asia and North America by renowned ensembles such as Ensemble Phoenix Basel.

Born in New York in 1973, he is a composer who studied at Northwestern University, the University of California in San Diego, and the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen. His main teachers were Chaya Czernowin and Nicolaus A. Huber. He currently lives in Singapore, where he is Associate Professor and Head of the Composition Department at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music. His music has been performed at various festivals, including the Darmstädter Ferienkurse, the MATA Festival in New York, and Wien Modern. His works have been awarded prizes by numerous ensembles, including the Ensemble Phoenix Basel and the Bremer Schlagzeugensemble. Edwards uses sound to express energy, form, and narrative, often integrating computational and algorithmic methods into his creativity.

Born in 1979 in Wellington, New Zealand, he is a composer and performer of contemporary music. His music explores gestures, colours, physicality and memory, introducing new instrumental techniques into his musical discourse. He has received scholarships from Tokyo Wonder Site, Kulturkontakt Vienna and the Mozart Fellowship in Dunedin, as well as a DAAD stipendium at the Musikhochschule Lübeck with Dieter Mack. His works have been performed by ensembles such as Ensemble Vortex, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Musikfabrik and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. As a guitarist, he has performed and commissioned numerous new works, appearing at international festivals such as the Takefu International Music Festival and the Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music.

Born in Oklahoma City in 1951, he studied composition at Indiana University with John Eaton and Iannis Xenakis, and at the Berkshire Music Centre-Tanglewood with Gunther Schuller and Jacob Druckman. He has received commissions from prestigious ensembles such as the Kronos Quartet and the ASKO/Schoenberg Ensemble. Since 1994, he has lived in Switzerland, where he is active as a composer, trumpeter and improviser. He has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and Dutch foundations. His music often combines elements of composition and improvisation.

Born in Lugano in 1970, he studied composition in Milan with Bruno Zanolini and in Freiburg with Johannes Schöllhorn. In 1993, he participated in composition courses at Royaumont with Brian Ferneyhough. His work spans a wide spectrum, from chamber music to electronic music, with frequent forays into theatre, performance and dance. He has participated in numerous European music festivals and received various prestigious awards, including those of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk, the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin and the Mozartwettbewerb in Salzburg. In 2015, he won the Swiss Music Prize. In addition to his artistic production, he has organised and produced over three hundred concerts and performances.  
From 2004 to 2011, he was artistic director of the “Tage für neue Musik” in Zurich, together with Mats Scheidegger. He is currently professor of composition at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana and lecturer at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.

Born in 1974 in the canton of Aargau, he began studying musicology at the University of Zurich and took organ lessons with Janine Lehmann and private composition lessons with Rudolf Kelterborn in Basel. He then studied instrumental and electroacoustic composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna with Michael Jarrell, Dieter Kaufmann and Wolfgang Mitterer. Since 2004, he has performed regularly as a performer of his own works and those of other composers, as well as an improviser in Switzerland and abroad, participating in festivals such as Wien Modern and the SICMF in South Korea. He has received numerous awards, including the Theodor Körner Prize and several composition scholarships in Austria. He lives and works in Vienna.