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meet the team.

Hiromi

Artistic Director

After a bachelor's degree in business administration at the University of St. Gallen and a bachelor's degree in opera singing at the HEMU de Lausanne, she sang at the Lotte Lehmann Opera Academy before becoming assistant to the artistic director. In 2015 Hiromi Gut worked as interim managing director of the 30th Davos Festival - young artists in concert and then took over as assistant to the Intendant at the Konzerthaus Berlin until 2017 - the year she founded guerillaclassics. As artistic director, she focuses on the history of music, its genres, spaces, contexts and the questioning of the traditional or classical. She enriches these concepts with collaborative experiences and creations that draw from the voices and practices of contemporary musicians.

Sam

Production / Administration

During his Bachelor and Master studies in Arts of Secondary Education at the University of Teacher Education FHNW, he was responsible for the coordination of the event series "phkultur musik+". Since 2018, Samuel Marti has been working mainly as a specialist music teacher. In addition, he has supported the reception and education team of the Museum Burghalde Lenzburg since 2021 and coordinates special museum events as project manager. As a team member of guerillaclassics, he specialises in human resources and focuses on the production and coordination of events. He enjoys promoting new encounters and facilitating enjoyable and inspiring collaborations through music and beyond.

Jakob

Fundraiser / Transformation Advisor

After a Master's degree in violin at the Zurich University of the Arts and a Bachelor's degree in business administration at the University of St. Gallen, Jakob Blumer works at the interface between creativity and economics. He was co-head of the Creative Hub, a national incubator for creative start-ups, and co-owner of a music agency. He is also active as a project manager in various cultural initiatives, such as the Apples & Olives Festival. Interested in culture as a melting pot of social discourse, he has led and initiated various formats and projects at guerillaclassics since 2018. In his new role as fundraiser for the association, he has been striving to achieve sustainability in all dimensions for the association since 2023.

Alessia

Production

Her background is a blend of arts and management. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Criminology from City, University of London. While in London, she combined her studies with her creative passions. She attended Pointblank Music School as a singer-songwriter and later transitioned into artist development programs, where she actively and regularly took part in songwriting sessions. In addition to this, she gained valuable hands-on experience as a tour manager during an internship, which not only added to her music and creative background but also deepened her understanding of event planning and management. She is enthusiastic about merging her social and music knowledge by helping to give voice to artists and their projects.

Marius

Production Free Flow Festival

His background is in Live-Communication. He has seven years of experience in the live communication and marketing industry. Whilst working at JEFF Zürich GmbH, he also successfully completed further training as a qualified marketing manager. In recent years he has dedicated himself to project management in various industries. From a restaurant project to property management and to the classic event management, he has been through all stages. On the whole, he is a creative project manager who loves to tackle new projects with exciting people. He lives and works with the broad network he has built up over the years. More and more great people are coming along and he is looking forward to every new challenge.

the guerillaclassics think & do tank

The Think & Do Tank is a circle of voices that provides strategic guidelines and helps to initiate, facilitate, and decide on projects for the overall programme. The collective contributes ideas and programme direction that feed into questions that are relevant locally and globally to diverse audiences in order to achieve guerillaclassics’ mission to question the western classical music canon and foster a broader view on how artists from different musical backgrounds can create new ways of artistic sharing together. 

Working at the intersection of disruption and discomfort, guerillaclassics constantly strives to create space for reflection and growth as part of the collective process. To this end, the Think & Do Tank helps the guerillaclassics team to think in expansive ways. The Thinkers & Doers have and give agency. Through each member’s knowledge, skills and extensive network, the Thinkers & Doers work with the core team to think and do.