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Manuel Troller (*1986, Lucerne, Switzerland), guitarist and composer, is working in diverse musical genres. Since
2006, he plays and composes with the internationally active Band Schnellertollermeier – who plays music without
compromises, ranging from modern composition, minimal music and improv to brute rock music – but feels just as
home in Pop. Through pushing the boundaries on his instrument with preparations, extended techniques, sound
manipulation and a fine sense for the moment, he became one of the most demanded guitar players in
Switzerland. Manuel Troller studied with musicians such as Frank Möbus, Christy Doran and Fred Frith at the
School of Music Lucerne, Switzerland.
He has collaborated with Sophie Hunger, Gerry Hemingway, Nik Bärtsch, Julian Sartorius, Stephan Eicher, Merz,
Ensemble for New Music Zurich, Christian Weber, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Hans Koch, Michael Fehr, Martin Schütz,
Christoph Erb among many others.
Recent Solo performances include Bad Bonn Kilbi, B-Sides Festival (Featured Artist), Hungry Brain Chicago, BeeFlat
Berne, Südpol Lucerne, Klappfon Basel as well as double bills with Marc Ribot, Lee Ranaldo, Tetuzi Akiyama
& Alan Licht among others.
Other festivals and concerts include Montreux Jazz Festival, Glastonbury Festival, Olympia Paris, Haldern Pop
Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, Schauspielhaus Zurich, Bad Bonn Kilbi, Enjoy Jazz Festival Mannheim,
Internationale Theaterhaus Jazztage Stuttgart, 12 Points Festival, Les Eurockéennes Belfort, Jazzfestival Skopje,
The Vortex London, Swiss Diagonales Jazz, Jazzfestival Schaffhausen etc.