Fritz Hauser

Fritz Hauser is a Swiss drummer, percussionist and composer, born in Basel in 1953. He started on drums as a teenager and then studied classical percussion at the Basel music academy. Since 1983 he has toured and recorded as a solo performer, and he is known for long programmes for drums and percussion alone and for sound works made for specific spaces. Hauser played with the Swiss rock band Circus and later assembled Schlagzeugspektakel, a group of Basel drummers.