TEAM

Isabelle Meraner is an Italian musician and improviser based in Basel, Switzerland. She graduated her Bachelorˋs in classical flute at the music school of Lucerne in the class of Pirmin Grehl. Currently, she is doing a Master in Contemporary Music at the Sonic Space Basel. She is active in various ensembles and collectives, such as the Kulturbrauerei Luzern, which dedicates itself to organizing concerts and events of experimental music. For Isabelle, being a musician has a high socio-political relevance. It is her concern to foster anti-hierarchical, feminist and ecological structures with her music-making.

Clara is a Portuguese saxophonist born in 2001, currently pursuing a master's degree in Performance with a specialization in Contemporary Music at the Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (FHNW) in Basel under Professor Marcus Weiss. A prize-winner at competitions in Portugal and internationally, she has performed at festivals such as the Impuls Festival in Graz — where her recording of Bruno Mantovani's Bug was broadcast on Radio Helsinki — and premiered works at the World Saxophone Congress in Harbin, China. Founding member of the Lontano Trio and Fragmentos Ensemble, she is equally committed to pedagogy, sustainability, and a cross-disciplinary practice that spans photography, electronics, and lighting design.

Florian is a young Swiss pianist whose musical journey began with bamboo flute in kindergarten before taking up piano at age eight. After early studies at the Musikschule Schaffhausen and the Konservatorium Winterthur under Jun Onaka, he continued his training at the Musik-Akademie Basel with Tobias Schabenberger, then completed his bachelor's degree summa cum laude under Michael Lewin at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. He returned to Basel for his master's in Piano Performance and since September 2025 has been pursuing a pedagogy degree with a focus on Creative Interpretation in New Music. An avid reader with a lifelong passion for music, Florian found the opportunity to work with texts at the intersection of both — and to be an active part of an innovative community — too tempting to pass up.

Maayan is a violist currently based in Basel, Switzerland. He is pursuing a master’s degree in Contemporary Performance at the Hochschule für Musik Basel (FHNW). Before moving to Basel, he completed an Artist Diploma at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid, where he studied under Professors Nobuko Imai and Wenting Kang. His master’s thesis, Reception, Absorption, and Domestication in the Music of Tōru Takemitsu, was supervised by Dr. Ofer Gazit. 

Ryan Jung is a pianist/composer/improviser currently based between New York City and Basel. He specializes in classical and contemporary music, and is currently researching performance practice outside of traditional concert-hall venues for his doctoral dissertation. He holds performance degrees from The Juilliard School, The New England Conservatory of Music, and the Musik-akademie Basel- where he is currently pursuing his third master’s degree in the MA Specialized Program for Creative Interpretation in Contemporary Music. He is interested in music critique, chess, and enjoys playing basketball.

Italian Guitarist Edoardo is interested in expanding the tentacles of his musical knowledge to learn about describing music in concrete, intelligible ways. His activities for the magazine range from editing, reviewing concerts, and organizing events, while his main focus in life remains learning how to get enough sleep while trying to be a musician. 

I'm Yi-Chen, a percussionist currently completing my Master's in Contemporary Music at the Hochschule für Musik Basel. I joined Rhytune because I've always dreamed of being part of a music magazine team. Designing posters and exploring different visual concepts is something I genuinely enjoy, even in the middle of a busy academic schedule. I hope to contribute to Rhytune also in the future — whether through design, or interviewing artists across different disciplines from new angles.