His choice of this instrument came after long studying at Zurich Conservatory and eventually making his mind on Jack Moore's flute.
In Conservatory he studied under various teachers and music pedagogues, including; William Bennett, Geoffrey Gilbert, André Jaunet, and Conrad Klemm.
[1] Ziegler has toured with Andreas Vollenweider and George Gruntz, and performed with Pierre Favre and Mark Dresser.
In order to allow for the production of a buzzing timbre, he has installed small PET film membranes similar to the dimo used on the Chinese dizi on several of his instruments; he calls flutes so equipped "matusiflute."
About his work, he states: "All sounds (key noise, winds, tongue stops) usually neglected on the flute are amplified.