Born 28.2.1948
Dünki was born in Aarau. He studied piano at Basel Academy of Music under Rolf Maser, gaining a soloist diploma. His student years were spent in Berlin, London, New York and Baltimore, under the tutelage of Leon Fleischer, Peter Feuchtwanger and Charles Rosen. He has studied piano with Maurizio Pollini, Claude Helffer and Edith Picht-Axenfeld; conducting with Michael Gielen; history of performance practice with Nikolaus Harnoncourt. He has also followed lectures in the science of music with Carl Dahlhaus in Berlin, analysis with Hans Keller in London, as well as studying English and ancient Greek at John Hopkins University, Baltimore. As a composer he is essentially self-taught. Today Dunki wears a number of hats - as composer, soloist and keyboardist, and is a regular guest at festivals in Berlin, Graz, Donaueschingen and Geneva. Since 1984 he has taught piano classes and chamber music at Basel Academy of Music, and teaches regular courses in Switzerland, Germany, England, USA and Japan. Besides some publishing work, he is artistic director of “Chamber-Art Basel”.

Pianista e Compositore svizzero nato ad Aarau nel 1948. Ha studiato piano a Berlin, Baltimore, New York e London. Si è specializzato in musica barocca e rinascimentale. Svolge intensa carriera internazionale come pianista.