As a musician, Barbara Minder likes above all challenging and crazy projects. Best for her is for example when a scientist submits problems, an artist seeks solutions and a total ignorant brings answers. She mixes gigs, teaching and research in a cross-cutting approach, sharing her discoveries through concerts, conferences, classes and publications.

She is Art Director at Les Chemins de Traverse, jointly with Matthieu Amiguet.

Les Chemins de Traverse is a collective of musicians, artists and researchers from a variety of backgrounds with a focus on sonic exploration and live performance. They cover a large musical territory from renaissance and baroque music to jazz, rock music and contemporary experimental noise. More often than not, they mix different styles and techniques - like in a weird chemical experiment that would produce nice colored fluids but might as well explode at any time.