Born in Düsseldorf in 1968, Tom Tafel is a musician and theatre teacher. He initially studied at the Scuola Teatro Dimitri in Ticino and worked as an artist and actor in various formations, including at the Schauspielhaus Zurich, Stadttheater Bern, Theater an der Sihl Zurich and Théâtre Populaire Romand. He later studied piano at the Zurich Jazz School and completed a postgraduate degree at the Zurich University of the Arts, specialising in musical creation, which he completed with a Master’s degree. Tom lives with his family in Zurich. He works as a music teacher at the Atelierschule Zürich, leads the Vetsuisse Zürich Orkestar and plays in the bands Musique en route, Zidoni and Dölüx.