Raetus Flisch double bass, composition. studies with romanian master bassist Yoan Goilav, double bass and instrumental pedagogy, Winterthur Conservatory, Bruce Gertz, double bass, Oscar Stagnaro, electric bass, Berklee College of Music, Boston/USA, Jerry Bergonzi, Hal Crook advanced jazz improvisation, Boston/USA, classic rep. masterclass with Jean-Marc Rollez, Paris, advanced double bass techniques with Stefano Scodanibbio, Pollenza diplomas: Swiss Jazz School, Bern, BERKLEE College of Music, Boston/USA, Abraham Laboriel Scolarship, Professional Music Scolarship (USA) Professor at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Zürich HMT, department Jazz and Pop. Concerts & tours with Gary Burton, Jerry Bergonzi, Paul McCandless, Mingus Dynasty, Ricky Ford, Hal Crook, Mark Turner, Art Lande, Antonio Hart, Mick Goodrick, Igor Butmann, Roman Schwaller, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Scott Kinsey, George Schuller, George Garzone, Bob Gulotti, Geoff Keezer, Salvatore Bonafede, Peter Madsen, Diego Urcola, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Christian Jacob, Junko Onishi, Roy Hargrove, Fabio Morghera, Jorge Rossy, Matt Darriau, Joe Cohn, Uli Scherer, Chris Neville, Andrei Kontakov, Chris Cheeks, David Azarian, Seamus Blake, Rob Scheps, Mark Gross, Jim Black, Chris Speed, Daniel Schnyder, Kit Walker, Arkady Shilkloper, Reiner Wizel, Rick Margitza, Mark Soskin, John Vidacovich, Jul Baretto, Kenny Wollesen, Kenny Drew Jun., Scott Amendola, Ben Sher, Vera Mara, Valtinho, Paula West, European Double Quartet, Donny McCaslin, Alex Sipiagin, George Gruntz, Bregenzer Kammerorchester, Tonhalleorchester Zürich, Carmina Quartett, Casal Quartett, Amati Quartett, Amar Quartett, Peter Waters, Ensemble TaG Winterthur, Ensemble Ton 3000, Lars Lindvall, Freddie Bryant, Frank Moebus, Rudi Mahal, Arthur Blythe, Christian Röver, Gabriel Rivano, Harald Haerter, Armen Donelian etc. in USA, Canada, West Africa, Poland, Bulgaria, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Netherlands, Greece, Russia, France, Italy, Czech Republic, Switzerland. www.flischnews.ch Radio- & TV-Broadcasts Germany, Austria, in USA, West Africa, Greece, Switzerland. CD´s with Phil Carmen, „On my Way in L.A.“ (No. 1 Hit in Europe) Max Lässer´s Ark „A Different Kind of Blue“, Phil Cornaz Quartet „Le rire de l´arc en ciel“, Adrian Frey Trio „Adrian Frey Trio“, Chris Tiberghien Flisch´s Trio NEWS „Bleu“, Raetus „American Edition“, Martin Lehner’s „Yellow“, Flisch´s BlackSpeed Missing Beat“, Flisch/Vidacovich/Kapilidis „Dr. Watson“, ztom feat. Art Lande, Paul McCandless „ztom-live“,Fernando Argenti, Jorge Rossi “Argenti Jazz”, Back to Earth “Mystik Ways”, Ensemble Ton3000 “Cross- volution”, Kenny Drew jr./Daniel Schnyder 4tet “Da Skale”, HMT „autumn leaves“ etc.