Marie-Louise Dähler

Dähler grew up in Bern in a family of musicians. She began playing the harpsichord at the age of five. She studied pedagogy at the LehrerInnenseminar Muristalden in Bern, and harpsichord with her father, Jörg Ewald Dähler, at the Hochschule der Künste Bern, graduating with a diploma as a harpsichord pedagogue. She studied further at the Musikakademie St. Gallen, and with Johann Sonnleitner at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, graduating with a concert diploma. She passed her diplomas with distinction. Together with Wolfgang Schulz, solo flutist of the Vienna Philharmonic, she recorded Bach's flute sonatas. Since 1999, she has collaborated with the Swiss violinist Paul Giger. She performs regularly as a soloist and in chamber music ensembles. She has also worked as a music teacher, in St. Gallen from 2004.