David Philip Hefti: Des Zaubers Spuren – Octet for clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quartet and double bass (2023)

Video of the premiere on 15 September 2023 at the Zermatt Music Festival with the Berlin Scharoun Ensemble

David Philip Hefti: Cantabile – concerto for viola and orchestra (2019)

Jürg Dähler, viola / Musikkollegium Winterthur / David Philip Hefti, conductor
Video of the premiere on 29 January 2021

David Philip Hefti: Feu d'artifice – for solo violin (2023)

Jakow Pavlenko, violin
Video of the world premiere in Stuttgart's Liederhalle on February 26, 2024

David Philip Hefti: con fuoco – string quartet no. 4 (2011)

Amaryllis quartet
Putbus Festspiele 16 May 2021, live recording

David Philip Hefti: Gesänge der Sehnsucht – string quartet no. 8 (2024)

Video from June 23, 2024 at Kaufleuten Zurich, StradivariQuartett (in alternation with "Cypresses" by Dvorak)

NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic / Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Live recording of the International Classical Music Awards Gala Concert on 21 April 2023.

David Philip Hefti: Mormorando – music for flute, oboe, clarinet and Bassoon (2020)

Felix Renggli, flute / Emanuel Abbühl, oboe / Stojan Krkuleski, clarinet / Sergio Azzolini, bassoon
Live recording of the world première on 13 April 2021

Trailer for Shades of Love: k-drama themes

Hope, Jundt, Mayer, O’Neill, Knauer, Galway
Zürcher Kammerorchester / David Philip Hefti (conductor)

Released on Deutsche Grammophon

J. S. Bach/arr. D. P. Hefti: Ricercare à6 (from the 'Musical Offering' BWV 1079) – for any six instruments

Felix Renggli, flute / Emanuel Abbühl, oboe / Stojan Krkuleski, clarinet / Thomas Byka, bass clarinet / Jan Golebiowski, horn / Sergio Azzolini, bassoon
Live recording of a concert on 13 April 2021 at the Basel University of Music as part of the Swiss Chamber Concerts.

David Philip Hefti: Klangscherben – mosaic for cello solo (2011)

Szymon Barczak, cello / Live performance recorded on 29 March 2021 in Grosser Saal of Musik-Akademie Basel

Trailer: The Snow Queen by David Philip Hefti

A story in music for soprano, 2 speakers and orchestra
Libretto by Andreas Schäfer based on motives from Hans Christian Andersen

David Philip Hefti: Magma – sparks of sound for violin, viola and cello (2014)

An excerpt from the concert "Antiphon | Wechselgesang" of CAMERATA BERN on April 6, 2021 in the concert hall of the Bern University of the Arts.
Suyeon Kang, violin / Justin Caulley, viola / Thomas Kaufmann, cello

David Philip Hefti: con anima – mosaic for viola solo (2015)

An excerpt from the concert "Antiphon | Wechselgesang" of CAMERATA BERN on April 6, 2021 in the concert hall of the Bern University of the Arts.
Justin Caulley, viola

David Philip Hefti: Ritus 4 – dance collages for violoncello solo (2007)

An excerpt from the concert "Antiphon | Wechselgesang" of CAMERATA BERN on April 6, 2021 in the concert hall of the Bern University of the Arts.
Thomas Kaufmann, cello

Portrait David Philip Hefti

Film portrait of David Philip Hefti on the occasion of the Composers' Prize 2013 of the Ernst von Siemens Musicfoundation. Featuring the German Symphony Orchestra Berlin and Thomas Grossenbacher, cello. Director: Johannes List.

Flute concerto Media nox – trailer

Tatjana Ruhland (flute) and David Philip Hefti talking about Media nox – Music for the third nocturnal vigil for flute and orchestra to be premiered on 3 April 2019 at the Heidelberg Spring Festival.

David Philip Hefti, composer & conductor

David Philip Hefti: rehearsals for the CD recording of his cello concerto Gegenklang (Großer Sendesaal des RBB Berlin) on 12th October 2012.
Thomas Grossenbacher, cello
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
David Philip Hefti, conductor

David Philip Hefti: Monumentum – music for string sextet (2014)

Andreas Janke & Willi Zimmermann, violins / Ryszard Groblewski & Jürg Dähler, violas / Thomas Grossenbacher & Beatriz Blanco, celli
Pre-concert-talk with David Philip Hefti and Alain Claude Sulzer / performance starts at 14'40''

Excerpts from E las culurs dals tuns

Excerpts from the song cycle E las culurs dals tuns for baritone and piano. Recording of the dress rehearsal in Hitzacker. Peter Schöne, baritone / Axel Bauni, piano
Thanks to Jan Philipp Schulze for this video compilation.

Annas Maske – Trailer

Opera in ten scenes with a prologue and an epilogue
World premiere on 6 May 2017 at the St. Gallen Theater

Portrait David Philip Hefti

A journey back in time. Film portrait of David Philip Hefti on the occasion of the premiere of his opera Annas Maske on 6 May 2017 at the St. Gallen Theater.

Video of a rehearsal with the string section only on the occasion of the premiere of David Philip Hefti's opera Annas Maske on 6 May 2017 at the St. Gallen Theater.

David Philip Hefti: Adagietto – for string orchestra (2012)

CAMERATA BERN / David Philip Hefti, conductor

David Philip Hefti: Fantasies no. 1 & 2 – for flute solo (2015)

Georg Philipp Telemann: Fantasies no. 1 & 2
David Philip Hefti: Fantasies no. 1 & 2
Philipp Jundt, flute

David Philip Hefti: Fantasy no. 3 – for flute solo (2015)

Georg Philipp Telemann: Fantasy no. 3
David Philip Hefti: Fantasie no. 3
Philipp Jundt, flute

Interview: Hamlet-Fragment

Interview with David Philip Hefti about the World Première of Hamlet-Fragment for vocal ensemble on the occasion of the Schlossmediale Werdenberg in 2013.

David Philip Hefti: ROTAS – concerto for oboe and orchestra (2008)

1. Atemkreis (excerpt, part 1/5)
Thomas Indermühle, oboe / Augsburg Philharmonic / Rudolf Piehlmayer, conductor

David Philip Hefti: ROTAS – concerto for oboe and orchestra (2008)

2. Scherzo interrotto (excerpt, part 2/5)
Thomas Indermühle, oboe (without reed!) / Augsburg Philharmonic / Rudolf Piehlmayer, conductor

David Philip Hefti: ROTAS – concerto for oboe and orchestra (2008)

2. Scherzo interrotto (cadenza, part 3/5)
Thomas Indermühle, oboe / Augsburg Philharmonic / Rudolf Piehlmayer, conductor

David Philip Hefti: ROTAS – concerto for oboe and orchestra (2008)

3. Abgesang (excerpt, part 4/5)
Thomas Indermühle, oboe d'amore / Augsburg Philharmonic / Rudolf Piehlmayer, conductor