Robino Rich

The ceremony as a film is the idea Robino Rich built his practice on: the speech runs over carefully timed instrumental music from start to finish, where most celebrants keep music to the entrance and exit. He comes from presenting, and those scored ceremonies make him a smart pick when you want yours to move like a well-edited story.

Ceremonies in English or High German

For couples planning from abroad, the key line is that his free ceremonies are available in High German and English. He lives in Basel, grew up in Germany, and works as a celebrant around the world, including Switzerland and Germany. The site itself is in German, with a destination-wedding page in the menu, so write to him in German or English and confirm the language of your ceremony early. He replies quickly, for example via WhatsApp, after you fill in the contact form.

Music as part of the story

In his concept, music staging is the core, not an add-on. Instrumental music plays quietly under his words throughout, tuned to what is being told: sad moments get room, romantic ones deepen, joyful ones build. He also cuts the entrance and exit music to land on the beat. Because he handles the music and sound, you do not need to hire live musicians unless you want them, and staging and sound technology are included rather than booked separately. Your entrance gets music cut to land on the beat, and the speech that follows runs over a score tuned to your story.

He started in presenting, hosting big stage shows and working for television, and he decided weddings were missing a proper guide through the key moment. In a March 2026 interview with the magazine Braut & Bräutigam, he says the ceremony itself is perhaps ten percent of his work. The rest is preparation. In those conversations he asks questions that are sometimes uncomfortable, and he invents nothing, condensing what is there into a story.

Slow preparation, a hard cap on weddings

That preparation is where he differs from the usual format. For him, a single two-to-three-hour meeting a few weeks before the wedding is not enough for a personal ceremony. He meets couples in several conversations over many months, and gets to know them over weeks, months or sometimes years, so he can choose the right moments for roughly 45 minutes of ceremony. Because of this, he limits himself deliberately to 25 weddings a year at most.

Another celebrant, Marylin Rebelo, also states a cap: she takes on no more than 20 weddings a year (November 2026). A cap like this is a reason to ask about your date early.

More than the speech

He offers a full range around the ceremony:

• Wedding planning and day-of coordination, which he calls Tageskoordination. A couple hired him as both celebrant and Tätschmeister (master of ceremonies), and the wedding was organized end to end.
• Moderator work for evening programs, drawing on stage, TV and event experience.
• Elopements and destination weddings, each with its own page.
• Free funeral ceremonies, video recording of the ceremony, rental equipment and technology, and coaching for people who want to become celebrants or write their own vows, plus a podcast.

That breadth suits couples who want one person to hold the thread of the whole day. It may be more than you need if all you want is a short ceremony text.

From about CHF 4'400, billed by the hour

A free wedding starts at about CHF 4'400 plus 8.1 % VAT (November 2026). He works at an hourly rate of CHF 140, and the final figure follows the actual scope of the work, agreed together. Extra costs such as travel or an overnight stay may apply. For comparison, Barbara Stalder's flat price for a 45-minute ceremony is CHF 1,950 (November 2026). His packages often cost more overall than other celebrants', because he invests more time, not because the hourly rate is higher.