My name is Gilbert Paeffgen

I was born in 1958 in Würzburg, Germany, and now live in Switzerland.

The instruments I play are the drums, an assortment of different percussion instruments, the hammered dulcimer and the bodhran.
The hammered dulcimer is also called „Appenzeller Hackbrett“. The bodhran is an Irish framedrum, well-known for its unique percussion sound.
Assorted Percussions: I love to find different sounds on the drums and next to the drums and to integrate them into the musical process.

Both my interest and my taste are not fixed on one certain specific type or style of music.

  Actually already at the beginning of my career I started immediately a journey, where I seek my musical identity: I always felt extremely attracted to, and inspired by, various kinds of Ethnic Music, thereby especially African and Celtic Music. In different groups and projects, with different musicians and artists from different angles I combine these ethnic influences with rock, avantgarde and jazz.
I released music with Irish Uillean pipes or an Irish singer as well as I recorded music from French classical composer Gabriel Faure .I perform and record with a jazz-piano trio as well as I am asked as soloist for a classical orchestra work, as backup for a French singer which sings in Patois ( old swiss-french dialect ) or as studio- or freelancemusician.
Beyond that I am active as composer and conceptor.
  I work and worked with:

A Antonio Breschi, Georgios Antoniou, Pierre Audetat, B Teddy Bärlocher, Christoph Baumann, Marcel Bernasconi, Marc Bertaux, Michel Besson, Nilo Bortot, Lorenz Beyeler, C Ani Choying Drolma, Chicken Chee, Fee Claasen, Lindsay Cooper, Remo Crivelli, D Danilo Djurovic, F Chlöisu Friedli, Peter Fischer, Sylvia Frauchiger, Mike Del Ferro, Paolo Fresu, Vivi del Farias, G Britta Gaertner, CharlieGreen, Howard Griffiths, Mich Gerber, Shirley Grimes, Taffaneyi David Gweshe, H Barbara Hendricks, Ben Herman, Glen Hahn, Joe Mc Hugh, Sylvia de Hartog, Tini Hägler, Tinu Heiniger, Werner Hasler, I Sunao Inami, J Sylvia Jost, Thomi Jordi, K Herbi Kopf, Oli Kuster, Vera Kappeler, L Don Li, Philipp Läng, Patrick Lerjen, Urban Lienert, Urs Leimgruber, Woody Man, M Michael Moore, Patrice Moret, N Loten Namling, O Bänz Oester, Daniel Ott, Jaqueline Ott, Tony Overwater, Oyeah, P Alexander Paeffgen, Hans Peter Pfammatter, Nick Perrin, Roland Philipp, R Mark Ramser, Die Regierung, Laurence Revey, Stephanie Riondel, S Brigitte Schär, Christian Schmid, Christoph Stiefel, Daniel Schläppi, Daniel Spahni, Jeff Sicard, Marco Siero, Laszlo Spiro, Ramesh Shotham, Urs Peter Schneider, T Jonas Tauber, Signorino TJ, Nicolas Thys, Töbi Tobler, V Eric Vloeimans, Vinz Vonlanthen, W Christian Wolfarth, Hans Witschi, Peter Waters, Wege Wüthrich, Z Matthias Ziegler, Pesche Zwahlen. And others.