Sandro Bernasconi
Club music and pop music
Cultural worker
Member of the jury since 2024
Sandro Bernasconi has been active for over two decades as a musician, curator and cultural worker.
His broad spectrum ranges from club sounds to experimental formats, regardless of genre, and often includes exchanges with musicians from North Africa.
He is passionate about club culture and club sounds and was active in this field as co-founder of the bar club ABX from 2006 to 2009.
He managed the music programme of the Kaserne Basel for over 12 years and was co-founder of the Polyfon Festival, which he oversaw as artistic director from 2009 to 2021.
Before his many years as a cultural worker in the field of music, he was himself active as a musician and DJ, playing over 150 concerts and shows in Switzerland and neighbouring countries.
In 2022, he co-founded the transdisciplinary Landskron festival, for which he is co-director and has responsibility for the musical programming and production.
Also in 2022, he co-initiated the platforms Sable & Chaux and Transmitting Stones with partners from Switzerland, Algeria and Tunisia. These platforms host exchange projects, residencies and research formats in collaboration with musicians from Switzerland and Algerian and Tunisian musicians/creative artists.
