{"id":72756,"date":"2026-03-03T10:59:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=72756"},"modified":"2026-03-04T08:31:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T13:31:51","slug":"swiss-composer-videographer-takes-a-birthday-bow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2026\/03\/swiss-composer-videographer-takes-a-birthday-bow.html","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Composer-Musician-Videographer Takes a Bow<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

They’re celebrating Steff Signer<\/a>‘s 75th birthday at the Palace tonight in St. Gallen, Switzerland.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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The composer, musician, and artist, aka Infrasteff, will perform and play the saz (ba\u011flama<\/em>), accompanied by Mario Baronchelli (photography), Sophie Diggelmann (lead singer of Velvet Two Stripes), Heidi Eisenhut (Argovia Cantonal Library), Chanan Hanspal (electric guitar), Konrad Lemmenmeier (bassoon), Ida Lotz (vocals), Annika Nef (piano), Hanspeter Sp\u00f6rri (biographer) and Florian Vetsch (poetry, MC).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among Steff’s signature music videos are his “Petit Cabinet” <\/em>series.<\/p>\n\n\n

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