Jürg Frey has been played over 20 times on NTS, first on 14 July 2016. Jürg Frey's music has been featured on 21 episodes.

Jürg Frey (b. 1953 in Aarau, Switzerland) studied in Zurich and Geneva where he graduated with a concert diploma in clarinet under Thomas Friedli.

He studied composition under Urs Peter Schneider in Bern and trained in Basel as a teacher of the Alexander Technique.

Frey continues to perform as a clarinetist at numerous premieres and world premieres. He was co-founder of the Lenzburg Music Forum, and has been artistic director of the Aarau concert series 'Moments Musicaux' for more than ten years. In 1991 he was prize winner at the Boswil International Composition Seminar. He was awarded a sabbatical year (1986 and 1996) and received financial assistance for his stay in Berlin by the Canton of Aargau. Since 1993 he's been associated with the Wandelweiser group, a collective of composer/performers dedicated to the performance, recording and publication of their own music.