To head to school on the unicycle at breakneck speed in Centovalli. To balance on every railing or parapet. To sit quiet at the table in order to not miss a word when his parents philosophised with Günther Grass, Max Frisch, Yehudi Menuhin or Marcel Marceau. An understanding for art and culture, an interest in others as well as a life on stage were inherited. He grew up as son of Clown Dimitri and Gunda Dimitri with his 4 brothers and sisters in Ticino. At the age of 9 he received his premiere at circus Knie. After the curtain dropped, there was no remaining doubt of the young artist. His future was going to touch and amaze the audience and to make it laugh.

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