Born in 1993 in Lucerne, began his music career as a singer in the Luzerner Kantorei, before becoming a young student in Prof. Kurt Meiers oboe class at the Lucerne Music University at the age of 14.

Later he studied with Prof. Simon Fuchs (principal oboe of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich) and Prof. Martin Frutiger at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), as well as Prof. Dominik Wollenweber in Berlin and with Prof. Jean Louis Capezzali at the Haute Ecole de Musique in Lausanne.

Salomo Schweizer has won numerous awards at international competitions, including the 1 st prize at the oboe competition "Luca Figaroli" in Adara San Martini (IT) in 2012, the special award “cor anglaise” at the “the muri competition” in 2016 and the yearly price of the foundation “Junge Musiktalente” in Meggen (CH), supporting his artistic development in 2017/18.

He has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the Staatsorchester Hamburg, the Orchestra of the Deutsche Opera Berlin, NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, the Hanover State Opera, the Chamber Orchestra of Munich and the Festival Strings Lucerne.

After a year as principal oboist in the Verbier Festival Orchestra, Salomo Schweizer joined the Staatsorchester Braunschweig as principal oboist in 2017/18, where he has since performed in numerous solo concerts and was awarded the “Förderpreis derStaatstheaterfreunde” in 2018.

In August 2021 Salomo Schweizer gave his debut recital at the Lucerne Festival.

Janet Rosen received her B.S. in Music Education from West Chester University. She

earned a Master of Music degree in oboe performance from The Hartt School,

University of Hartford, where she was a Concerto Competition winner.

An active performer, Janet has studied with some of the world’s premier oboists,

including Stevens Hewitt and Louis Rosenblatt of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Robert

Bloom of the NBC Symphony and Bach Aria Group, John Mack of the Cleveland

Orchestra and renowned soloist Humbert Lucarelli.

As a soloist, Janet has performed Copland’s Quiet City for solo English horn and

trumpet, Cimarosa, Mozart and Vaughn Williams Oboe concertos and the world

premiere of Joseph Russo’s Concerto for Flute and Oboe with the Nutmeg Symphony.

She is currently a member of the Norwalk, Greater Bridgeport and Waterbury

Symphonies. Internationally she has performed with the Rome and Bermuda Festival

Orchestras. An active free-lance performer, she performs regularly with Orchestra New

England, Greenwich Choral Society and other groups throughout Connecticut.

In the commercial arena, she has performed on stage with a Who’s Who in the music

business, including Sammy Davis, Ray Charles, Judy Collins, Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea

Bocelli, Leann Rymes, Mannheim Steamroller, Johnny Mathis, Warren Haynes, Josh

Groban, Idena Menzell and many others. In June of 2009 she appeared on the TV show

“Better Connecticut”, hosted by Scott Haney, with a trio of musicians from Harmonia V

Quintet and the Nutmeg Symphony.

Janet has also been a part of many Broadway National tour productions at Hartford’s

Bushnell Theater, Shubert Theatre New Haven and Wallingford’s Toyota Oakdale

Theatre including, “Man of La Mancha”, Ragtime”, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and

Murder”, "Wicked" “Miss Saigon”, “The Sound of Music”, “Peter Pan, “Music of Andrew

Lloyd Webber”, “Jesus Christ Super Star”, ”South Pacific” and many others.

Her favorite and most rewarding type of performance is as a chamber musician. For

over 20 years Janet played hundreds of weddings with her group Trio Con Brio. She also

performed many educational concerts and recitals with Con Brio Woodwind Quintet.

She is a current and founding member of Harmonia V, a woodwind quintet dedicated to

performing music by contemporary and living composers. Her most recent project is

performing with Radio Klez, a Bridgeport-based Klezmer group.

Janet has been a music educator for over 30 years in public schools in CT, and presently

is a band director at Saxe Middle School in New Canaan, CT. She maintains a private

oboe studio of 10 students. In her spare moments, Janet enjoys gardening and creating

stained glass. She lives in Milford, CT with her musician husband, George Sanders and

coonhound “Beanie”.