Hans Balmer was born in Berne, Switzerland, in 1964. After passing the university-entrance diploma (matura), he attended the Conservatory there as a student of Christian Stadtler, and was awarded the performance certificate "with distinction" in 1990. He attended masterclasses by Aurèle Nicolet, Renate Greiss, Harrie Starreveld and Felix Renggli, amongst others. He received important musical influences from Siegfried Palm, Jörg Ewald Dähler, and many more. The Bernese composer and pianist Urs Peter Schneider drew Hans' attention to Charles Koechlin and since then, he is dealing intensively with his music.

Hans gives concerts at home and abroad, does radio recordings with contemporary music and teaches at a music school in the Bernese Oberland.

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