The goal of Trägerverein JazzDreams, an organization founded by Swiss
Wir bezwecken die Förderung und Vermittlung der Jazz-Kultur mit dem Fokus auf hybride Live-Streams mit internationaler Ausstrahlung. Im Rahmen eines Covid-19 Transformationsprojekts mit der Unterstützung vom Bundesamt für Kultur, der Kulturförderung Appenzell Ausserrhoden und diversen Stiftungen, führen wir ein Rechercheprojekt anhand von vier Live-Streams im Jahr 2022 durch. Wir freuen uns auf Ihren Besuch an einem der Konzerte. Entweder live vor Ort als Gast im Publikum oder von zu Hause aus via Bildschirm.
Our goal is to support and to mediate Jazz culture with the focus on hybrid live-streams with international emission. In the year 2022 we will launch a research program by organizing four live-streams with the support of the Federal Office of Culture, the cultural promotion of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden and multiple foundations. We are looking forward to your visit at one of the concerts. Either live as a guest at the venue or from your home in front of your screen.
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Trägerverein JazzDreams
9043 Trogen
PostFinance AG
Mingerstrasse 20
3030 Bern
Schweiz
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IBAN: CH20 0900 0000 1570 3919 7
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Trägerverein JazzDreams 9043 Trogen
PostFinance AG Mingerstrasse 20 3030 Bern Schweiz
BIC (SWIFT) Code: POFICHBEXXX IBAN: CH20 0900 0000 1570 3919 7
Violin/Voice
“Yilian is one of the most incredible talents of the new generation of Cuban musicians. She is a virtuoso, she is expressive, spontaneous and with a grace that makes her the favorite of all of us.” — Chucho Valdés
Yilian Cañizares photo credit: Luis Malibran
Alto Sax
With his melodic phrases and warm sound on alto sax, Patrick Bianco established his name within the international jazz scene as a promising traditionalist and keeper of a piece of Jazz History, representing Jazz in its authentic way.
Alto Sax
Alto and Soprano – Saxophonist Nicole Johänntgen has played with stars like Daniel Powter (Bad day), Roger Cicero, Eric Harland, Aaron Parks, Nils Landgren, Piet Klocke.
Nicole Johänntgen has won seven international awards.
Keys
Known for her earlier musical incarnation as ‘rad.’ and a former band member of Prince’s NPG, the group is led by the petite and personable Rose Ann Dimalanta. This Trio perfectly complements her signature vocal and keyboard style, a soulful mixture from her hometown of Oakland, California.
Her original compositions subtly fuse influences of her idols George Duke and Patrice Rushen, with hints of his ‘purple badness’ along the way.
Trombone/Trumpet
Sophie (17) grew up with jazz as she traveled the world with big band “Dai Kimoto & Swing Kids”. She performed solo and in small formations at jazz festivals and jam sessions in Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, UK, Russia and Malaysia.
Sophie is winner of Jazz SJMW 2018, the United Classics Golden Key trophy 2018, the Beringer Jazz Award 2019, four-times winner of the FINALE SJMW (2015, 2017, 2019, 2021) and other music competitions. In 2021 Sophie received the EMCY prize and was aired on SRF2 as both classical and jazz young talent. She received scholarships from Lyra (2016-2018) and the Lions club Bern-Wohlensee (2021-2022).
Since autumn 2019 Sophie studies with Ian Bousfield at the Hochschule für Künste Bern.
Guitar
Born into a musical family in 1988, Leipold originally studied piano before switching to guitar at 15.
He is particularly active in the young Swiss jazz scene and has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with the Lucerne Jazz Orchestra, Swiss Jazz Orchestra, Hayden Chisholm, Adrian Mears, Claudio Puntin, Peter Schärli and many other talented musicians.
He is also active in the new Swiss folk music scene with the young Schwyz double bass player Pirmin Huber.
Photo by: Manuel Castellote
Voice
Born in 1998 in Herisau, Lea von Mentlen has been singing since she was a child. She gathered her first performance experiences at the music school in Herisau. At the Cantonal School in Trogen, she was allowed to participate in a wide variety of band-, theatre-, opera- and musical productions. This gave rise to the band Apatan, with which Lea played on various stages until last December. After a year of precollege in Basel, Lea began studying jazz at the Zurich University of the Arts in 2020. There she met the guitarist Rich Harpur and together they founded their duo Rich and Lea, and Rich’s Brew.
Guitar
Rich Harpur was born in Cape Town in 1994, at the age of 7 his family moved to Meggen in Lucerne. When he was 5, his father gave him a guitar for the first time and his little hands grew more and more with his instrument. After completing a degree at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Rich switched to the Zurich University of the Arts in order to pursue a career as a jazz musician. With various projects such as the Duo Rich and Lea, Rich's Brew, or as a sideman of Florian Fox, Rich can be heard on numerous stages throughout Switzerland.
Voice
Luciana Morelli (1990) is a singer and composer from Argentina, based in Basel where she studied a master's degree in Jazz Performance and Composition at the Jazzcampus of the Musik Akademie Basel. Her new album, "Lo abismal, el agua", features colorful songs where she tells the story of her journey to Switzerland not only with lyrics, but also with her wordless vocals and her arrangements, building a bridge between her Argentinian music roots and jazz.
Her project, Luciana Morelli group consists of Philipp Hillebrand (clarinet and bass clarinet), Mauricio Silva Orendain (piano), Snejana Prodanova (double bass and backing vocals) and Paulo Almeida (drums).
Photo by Laura Sánchez
Piano
Internationally acclaimed jazz pianist Claude Diallo travels around the globe to play his music which entices a cosmopolitan audience.
With his trio Claude Diallo Situation he released several albums, won various awards and performed at different jazz festivals and venues in Europe, America and Asia.
Claude Diallo photo credit: Carmen Wuuest
We have 4 concerts in various locations all starting at 20:00 (Central European Time)
Hafenstraße 8, 8280 Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
Luciana Morelli (vocals and composition)
Philipp Hillebrand (clarinet and bass clarinet)
Mauricio Silva Orendain (piano)
Snejana Prodanova (bass and backing vocals)
Paulo Almeida (drums)
Presented by:
Trägerverein JazzDreams in collaboration with SOFIA
(Support Of Female Improvising Arts)
Rose Ann Dimalanta (keys) former pianist of PRINCE
Claude Diallo (keys)
James Williams (drums)
Kasernenstrasse 39A, 9100 Herisau, Switzerland
Lea von Mentlen (Vocal)
Rich Harpur (Guitar)
Presented by:
Trägerverein JazzDreams in collaboration with ZHdK
Nicole Johänntgen (alto sax)
Claude Diallo (piano)
Thomas Lähns (upright bass)
Simon Albertsen (drums)
Museumstrasse 25, 9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland
Sophie Bright (trombone/trumpet)
Colin Morton (upright bass)
Claude Diallo (piano)
Presented by:
Trägerverein JazzDreams in collaboration with Gym Hofwil of the Hochschule der Künste Bern
Yilian Cañizares (violin and voice)
Claude Diallo (piano)
Childo Tomas (e-bass)
Inor Sotolongo (percussion)
Kasernenstrasse 39A, 9100 Herisau, Switzerland
Samuel Leipold (guitar)
Jürg Bucher (clarinet)
Luca Lo Bianco (upright bass)
Presented by:
Trägerverein JazzDreams in collaboration with Schaffhauser Jazzfestival
Patrick Bianco (Alto Sax)
Saki Hatzigeorgiou (Guitar)
Claude Diallo (Hammond B3 organ)
Andy Leumann (Drums)
The goal of Trägerverein JazzDreams, an organization founded by Swiss
Der Trägerverein JazzDreams bezweckt die Förderung und Vermittlung der Jazz-Kultur mit