Corona Virus
The situation with the Corona Virus isn't easy for us musicians. For now, already five concerts of mine have been cancelled this year because of it. I am trying to stay optimistic though and am working mainly on the material for the three concerts and CD recording planned with the Philharmonic Jena in October 2020.
Trio Buechi/Hellmüller/Pousaz preview @ Landbote, Winterthur
Interview and text by Tom Gsteiger Sarah Buechi - voc+comp Franz Hellmüller - guitar André Pousaz - bass
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Trio Buechi/Hellmüller/Pousaz preview @ Unerhört! 2019
From our premiere concert on Thu, 28th of November, 9.15 pm - Jazz in Winterthur/Theater am Gleis
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NRWision radio broadcast Contradiction of Happiness septet
NRWision radio will broadcast on the 30th of April 2019 a part of our recent concert at Red Horn District.
Contradiction of Happiness Tour Feb 2019
Six concerts in Germany and Estland..
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Sarah Buechi - Contradiction of Happiness + Philharmonic Jena
My "Contradiction of Happiness" septet with the 'Jena Philharmonic', live @ Trafo Station, Jena on November 5th 2018.
Jena Philharmonic
conductor: Simon Gaudenz
www.jenaer-philharmonie.de
www.simongaudenz.com
"Contradiction of Happiness" Septet
Sarah Buechi - vocals + lyrics + comp.
Stefan Aeby - piano
Arne Huber - double bass
Lionel Friedli - drums
Estelle Beiner - violin
Isabelle Gottraux - viola
Sara Oswald - cello
Initiator: Thomas Eckardt (Jazzmeile Jena)
Video: Robert Wölfer
Fusion Musikalischer Energien
Sarah Buechi und ihr Septett trafen im „Trafo“ auf ein Kammerensemble der Jenaer Philharmonie by Dietmar Ebert Foto: Tina Peissker 05_11_2018
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Ein Feiner Hauch Südindischer Klassik
Schaffhausen Agenda, Oct 29 2018, by Luca Miozzari
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Jazz Around on 'Contradiction of Happiness'
Sept 11 2018, by Yves "Joseph Boulier"
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ANIMATA, Jazzpodium, Juni 2018
ANIMATA mentioned in the Jazzpodium, Juni 2018, by Michael Schaust
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Downbeat on 'Contradiction of Happiness'
June 2018 (US), by Scott Yanow
Von Glück und Widerspruch - Interview Jazzpodium
by Thorsten Meyer, Jazzpodium, April 2018
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Distrijazz, Lisbon on 'Contradiction of Happiness'
Time Out Lisboa, 28. Marco - 3. April 2018
New CD OUT - ANIMATA (Duality)
The new CD ANIMATA -Duality will be released on the 12th of April 2018 and from then on will be downloadable as well on all the known download sites.
5 stars @ Jazz'n'More
5 stars @ Jazz'n'More with our new CD "Contradiction Of Happiness" Text by Steff Rohrbach
Neuer Streich mit Streichern - Porträt Jazz'n'More
Interview and album critic by Steff Rohrbach, Jazz'n'More, March/April 2018
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Bad Alchemy about "Contradiction Of Happiness"
Review of the new album "Contradiction Of Happiness" @ Bad Alchemy, Rigobert Dittman
Glück und Widersprüche
Review concert "Contradiction Of Happiness" @ Frankenthal, March 2018 by Marie Braun, Rheinpfalz, 5.3.2018
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Umtriebige Eidgenossin
Preview "Contradiction Of Happiness" Konzert @ Frankenthal, 3. März 2018 by Birgit Müthrath, Rheinpfalz, 24.2.2018
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Contradiction of Happiness - preview Tuesday Jazz
20th of February 2018, Tuesday Jazz, Solothurn
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ANIMATA - new CD in preparation
In January 2018 we ll work once more in the Subtone studio in Dortmund (D) to finish the recordings of our new and second album. ANIMATA Christoph Haberer - drums, electronics, comp. Sarah Buechi - voice, lyrics, comp.
Contradiction of Happiness - CD Release Tour ahead!
I am so happy to be able to announce our CD Release Tour in Feb 2018. Nine concerts in Switzerland and Germany. Sarah Buechi - Contradiction of Happiness Sarah Buechi - voc + comp. Stefan Aeby - piano André Pousaz - double bass Lionel Friedli - drums Estelle Beiner - vio Isabelle Gottraux - viola Sara Oswald - cello
Sarah Buechi - Contradiction of Happiness (teaser video)
Our new album will be released on Intakt Records in February 2018.
I finally made a dream of mine come true and added three string players to our Swiss Jazzquartett.
As I am playing the violin myself since the age of five, this was an important step to me as a composer.
Here our teaser video for a first impression.
(Video by Jonas Ruppen)
Sarah Buechi - Contradiction of Happiness
Sarah Buechi - voc + comp.
Stefan Aeby - piano
André Pousaz - double bass
Lionel Friedli - drums
Estelle Beiner - violin
Isabelle Gottraux - viola
Sara Oswald - cello
Buechi Septett - We recorded our new CD!!
Two long rehearsals and three intense days @ 'Hardstudios Winterthur' with sound engineer Andy Neresheimer and the wonderful musicians listed below.. Thanks so much to all of you for your great effort and endurance! Many thanks also to the team of the 'Hardstudios' for your great hospitality. A special thanks to Susanne Abbuehl for her musical coaching day during our 3rd tutti rehearsal. And many, many thanks to SRF and Peter Buerli for your support of our new album!!! Buechi Septett - the contradiction of happiness Sarah Buechi - voice + comp Stefan Aeby - piano André Pousaz - double bass Lionel Friedli - drums Estelle Beiner - violin Isabelle Gottraux - viola Sara Oswald - cello
Wood n Bones Quartet + Shadow Garden @ Intakt Festival, London
Intakt Records Zurich organizes a festival in London from 16th until 27th of April 2017. It will take place at the Vortex Jazz Club. I will be playing with a newly composed project called 'Wood n' Bones Quartet' with Lauren Kinsella (voc), John Edwards (db) and Hannah Marshall (cello) as well as with my Swiss quartet 'Shadow Garden' with Stefan Aeby (piano), André Pousaz (db) and Lionel Friedli (dr). Read here an interview about these two projects and the festival written by Sebastian Scotney (London Jazz News) http://www.londonjazznews.com/2017/04/interview-preview-sarah-buechi-intakt_5.html 19th of April 2017 - Wood n Bones Quartet @ Shoreditch Church, London (Pre Premiere) 21st of April 2017 - Wood n Bones Quartet @ Intakt Festival, Vortex, London (Premiere) 22nd of April 2017 - Shadow Garden Quartet @ Intakt Festival, Vortex, London (Premiere) with reception at 7pm (organized by the Swiss Embassy)
preview - Shadow Garden - Jazzkeller Villingen Dez 2016
newspaper: Südkurier Villingen date: 30.11.2016
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review - Shadow Garden - Jazzkeller Villingen Dez 2016
newspaper: Jazzkurier Villingen date: 4.12.2016 by (fsc)
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Review ANIMATA _October 2016 Nordwestrheinfalen-Tour
https://www.derwesten.de/ikz/staedte/iserlohn/diebische-freude-an-einer-neuen-art-von-lyrischer-musik-id12298895.html
ANIMATA - Jazzpodium Haberer Interview, Oktober 2016
text: Thorsten Meyer photo: Claus Pilz CD: Sarah Buechi & Christoph Haberer "ANIMATA" 2015, JazzHausMusik
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Review Shadow Garden Jazzclub Lörrach
newspaper: Die Oberbadische date: 21.6.2016 by Ursula König
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Review Shadow Garden Jazzclub Lörrach
newspaper: Badische Zeitung date: 20.6.2016 by Thomas Loisl Mink
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review ANIMATA CD (FAZ, 14th of March 2016)
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 14. März 2016 ANIMATA Christoph Haberer - drums, electronics Sarah Buechi - lyrics, voice Und das noch I can't find any prototype for this CD, no similar way of connecting the vocal and instrumental concepts of sound: 'Animata' (Jazzhaus Musik). It is the result of the collaboration of the young Swiss vocalist Sarah Buechi with her English lyrics and the widely experienced percussionist Christoph Haberer who seems to travel between ethnological research, machined astetics and electronical sound fantasies. Buechi has proven herself to have a versatile way of singing. She possesses an almost girly and beautiful cantilena, which she can colour in marvelous ways or fuse with metal but from which she can distance herself as well with whispering passages, speech bubbles, yodel like colours and dramatic outbreaks. The lyrics are all written by her. One is encouraged to read along with them at least once. They deal with wondrous love dreams, hunger for wisdom, love, joy, are cryptic, ordinary, philosophical, surreal, metaphysical. While consuming the total work of art the lyrics play a minor role or even no role at all during the oustanding musical events and their totally different course on this journey. As for example in one piece where both knock about with sensefree scats. (u.o. FAZ, 14th of March 2016) http://www.christoph-haberer.de/de/projekte/projekt-animata buy it here: http://www.jazzhausmusik.de
Jazz N More - 5 stars for 'Elsewhere' CD
Christy Doran's newest 'New Bag' - CD 'Elsewhere' receives 5 stars and is the 'CD recommendation' in the Jazz n' More magazine (January, 2016). Text by Steff Rohrbach Christy Doran's New Bag Christy Doran - comp. + guitar Sarah Buechi - voice + lyrics Vincent Membrez - minimoog + rhodes Lionel Friedli - drums http://christydoran.ch/nb/
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Shadow Garden got 5 Stars in Jazz N' More
Our newest album called 'Shadow Garden' received 5 stars and is the 'CD recommendation' in the Jazz N' More magazine (January, 2016). Text by Steff Rohrbach
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Shadow Garden and ANIMATA CD Review, Jazzpodium, Dec 2015
Jazzpodium, Dec 2015 written by Volker Doberstein
CD of the week at Radio RABE
RADIO RABE Today, CD of the Week broadcasted within 'Jazz am Sunntig', 11 am.. go and listen.. www.rabe.ch/programm/tagesprogramm/sonntag.html order CD on www.intaktrec.ch/259-a.htm
Review CD 'Elsewhere', Neue Luzerner Zeitung
Review of Pirmin Bossart about new CD 'Elsewhere' (Double Moon Records) http://www.doublemoon.de/cddetails/dmchr71160.shtml https://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/importe/fupep/neue_lz/lz_kultur/Innovative-Kanten;art128769,633280
SRF Jazz Aktuell - CD Shadow Garden
listen to the Interview about the new CD 'Sarah Buechi - Shadow Garden' with Jodok Hess within the program 'Jazz Aktuell', broadcasted on Tuesday, 24th of November 2015, 8-9pm (The Interview takes place on the track from 5'52 until 22'50.) http://www.srf.ch/sendungen/jazz-aktuell/jazzfestival-unerhoert
Review Shadow Garden in Italy
http://www.jazzconvention.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2705%3Aswiss-jazz-sarah-buechi-shadow-garden&catid=2%3Arecensioni&Itemid=11
Interview Jazzpodium November 2015
Text by Thorsten Meyer Photo by Linda Polleri
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Review new CD 'Shadow Garden' NZZ
'Komplex, frei, spontan' by Manfred Papst
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Portrait University Magazine Lucerne, Oct 2015
Text by Tatjana Stocker, Photo by Linda Pollari
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NEW CD ANIMATA
15th of October 2015 is the release date of ANIMATA's first CD!! Label: JazzHausMusik http://www.jazzhausmusik.de ANIMATA Christoph Haberer - drums + electronics Sarah Buechi - voice + lyrics
Poster Aurodhan Garden, Pondicherry
ANIMATA will be playing concerts in South India from the 30th of September until the 10th of October 2015.
Interview Handelszeitung - Inline, Lucerne
a portrait by Mirjam Oertli Foto by Linda Polleri
ANIMATA on Tour in India
With concerts in different parts of South of India, ANIMATA will be a musical guest of the Goethe Institutes Bangalore, Trivandrum and Chennai and furthermore play at the Gallery Audhoran in Pondicherry, at Jazz Goa through the German Council in Goa, the B-Flat in Bangalore and, very importantly to me, we will be a part of the Golden Jubilee of KCP, school of my wonderful gurus' Sri T.A.S. Mani and Srimati Ramamani. Happy Birthday, KCP!
Review Flying Letters @ Musikwoche Braunwald
This was our last concert with our album Flying Letters. We ll have a summer break and will be back in the autumn 2015 with concerts and our new album called 'Shadow Garden'.
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Authorized CVT Teacher
After 3 years of studies I am now an 'Authorized CVT Teacher' together with 46 other singers all over Europe and the States http://completevocalinstitute.com
New CD Shadow Garden recorded!!
Two weeks ago we recorded our new album - Shadow Garden - in the Hard Studio in Winterthur. The release on the Swiss label Intakt Records will take place in October 2015! Sarah Buechi - voice, lyrics + composition Stefan Aeby - piano André Pousaz - double bass Lionel Friedli - drums Many thanks to Radio Studio DRS and Peter Bürli, Andy Neresheimer, our sound engineer, the Hard studio team and Susanne Abbuehl for her musical guidance
London meets Switzerland
London meets Switzerland at Jazzahead Bremen in front of the stall of Intakt Records. Enjoying myself in between two great musicians... From left to right: Lucas Niggli, Sarah Buechi and Liam Noble
television broadcasting of WDR3 jazzfest
Here a link to the live streamed sum-up of the whole WDR3 Jazzfest, where I played a concert with German sax and clarinet player Niels Klein in a collaboration called 'wiresongs' on the 29th of January 2015. http://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/video/sendungen/westart/westart_jazzline/videowdrjazzpreisausdortmund100_tag-09022015.html Niels Klein - cl+ comp. Sarah Buechi - voice + comp. Frank Wingold - guitar + comp. Matthias Nowak - double bass Etienne Nillesen - drums
WDR3 Jazzfest Dortmund, Wiresongs
'...the two most appealing aspects of the project were the particular way Sarah Buechi asserted simple melodic hooks and made them stick - Meant Forever in particular came across as a very strong song indeed - and the Jimmy Guiffre chalumeau tones of Klein's Bb clarinet and alto clarinet playing...Among the band members, both guitarist Frank Wigold, who had also composed one of the songs, and bassist Matthias Nowak, who underpinned the many mood transitions very effectively, left a strong impression. ' (Sebastian Scotney) http://www.londonjazznews.com/2015/01/festival-report-first-two-nights-of.html broadcasting dates: Monday, 09.03.2015 20.05-22.00 Uhr WDR 3 Jazzfest Dortmund 2015 Kaja Draksler Kaja Draksler – p Sarah Buechi/Niels Klein Wiresongs Sarah Buechi – voc, Niels Klein – cl, Frank Wingold – g, Matthias Akeo Nowak – b, Etienne Nillesen – dr Aufnahmen vom 28. und 29. Januar 2015 aus dem Domicil, Dortmund Mit Karsten Mützelfeldt
FLYING LETTERS concert Berlin broadcasted on WDR 3
WHEN? Thursday, 15th of January 20.05Uhr WDR 3 Konzert "51st Jazzfest Berlin 2014" Sarah Buechi "Flying Letters" Johanna Borchert "Desert Road" Aufnahmen aus dem A-Trane, Berlin
Rang 3 für beste Schweizer CD des Jahres 2014!
nice look-back for Flying Letters
Christoph Haberer & Sarah Buechi – ANIMATA
live @ 21st Jazzdays, Domicil Dortmund, DE
19th of November 2014
Christoph Haberer - drums, electronics, comp.
Sarah Buechi - vocals, lyrics, comp.
Christoph Haberer & Sarah Buechi – ANIMATA
live @ 21st Jazzdays, Domicil Dortmund, DE
19th of November 2014
Christoph Haberer - drums, electronics, comp.
Sarah Buechi - vocals, lyrics, comp.
Christoph Haberer & Sarah Buechi - ANIMATA
live @ 21st Jazzdays, Domicil Dortmund, DE
19th of November 2014
Christoph Haberer - drums, electronics, comp.
Sarah Buechi - vocals, lyrics, comp.
Sarah Buechi - Flying Letters - comfort of illusions (live @ Berlin Jazzfest 2014)
live @ Berlin Jazzfest im legendären und charmanten Jazzclub A-TRANE am 30. und 31. Oktober 2014.
Und nun eine Vorkost zum neuen Album, dessen Kompositionen am Entstehen sind und im Mai 2015 im Radiostudio Zürich aufgenommen werden.
Der Song 'comfort of illusions' diskutiert die Begriffe 'Liebe', 'Gott' und 'Freiheit' und kritisiert die daraus entstehenden Interpretationen, Missbräuche und Missverständnisse.
Sarah Buechi - Flying Letters - addictions (live @ Berlin Jazzfest 2014)
live @ Berlin Jazzfest im legendären und charmanten Jazzclub A-TRANE am 30. und 31. Oktober 2014.
Dieser Song heisst 'addictions' und ist auf unserem ersten Album bei Intakt Records dieses Jahr erschienen. Der Song handelt von den kleineren und grösseren Süchten, die unser Leben oder unseren Tagesablauf mitbestimmen.. Während des Songs kommuniziert die personifizierte 'Sucht' direkt mit ihrem Opfer, dem Menschen...
Sarah Buechi - Flying Letters - the answer is yes (live @ Berlin Jazzfest 2014)
Sarah Buechi - Flying Letters
live @ Berlin Jazzfest in the legendary and charming venue A-TRANE on the 30th and 31st of October 2014.
Sarah Buechi - voice, comp
Stefan Aeby – piano
André Pousaz – double bass
Lionel Friedli - drums
This song is called 'the answer is yes'.. It s kind of a love song but also about realizing the naivety and superficiality of a relationship.. the ending of the song isn' t a happy one.
WDR Jazzmeeting - Animata live
ANIMATA (Christoph Haberer drums/elctronics + Sarah Buechi, voice Radio broadcast of the 22nd of November 2014 with three songs from our concert in the Domicil, Dortmund; '21. Jazztage Domicil' + interview with Domicil-Programmer Waldo Riedl about our duo. At about 1 hour into the program you can hear our three songs 'Mensura/Brother of Sleep', 'Sodele' and 'Labyrintus'. Enjoy! konzertplayer.wdr3.de/jazz/konzert/wdr-3-konzert-22112014/#autoplay
Flying Letters Promo Video
Let me introduce you to Flying Letters...
SRF2 Culture - world class - summer concerts (Swiss radio programme)
Added to the radio broadcast on the 5th of Septemeber 2014, this short online interview can be accessed now as well: http://www.srf.ch/kultur/im-fokus/weltklasse-sommerkonzerte/sarah-buechi-stuerzt-sich-in-jedes-musikalische-abenteuer
New Bag at Schaffhausen Jazzfestival 2014
The song 'Techno Sketches' out of our slot from the 16th of May 2014 with Christy Doran's New Bag...
Enjoy!
Jazz'n'more, Mai-Juni 2014
by Steff Rohrbach
Jazz N' More Switzerland, Cd review Flying Letters
SARAH BUECHI Flying Letters Sarah Buechi (voc), Stefan Aeby (p), André Pousaz (b), Lionel Friedli (dr) Intakt 229 (5 stars) Sarah Buechi ist eine äusserst eigenständige Künstlerin. Ihre facetten- und farbenreiche Stimme und ihre Songs entziehen sich der Kategorisierung. Sie ist eine Vokalistin, die ihr Instrument auf vielfältigste Weise einsetzt und ihren persönlichen, unverwechselbaren Ausdruck findet. Wir begegnen hier nicht herkömmlichem Jazzgesang und Standards, sondern einer nach allen Seiten offenen und doch strukturierten Musik. Buechi geht konsequent und bewusst ihren Weg und erschliesst mit ihren Kompositionen und unpathetischen Texten Neuland. Sie studierte bei Lauren Newton und Susanne Abbühl, hat sich mit Steve Coleman auseinandergesetzt, war eineinhalb Jahre in Indien und reiste nach Ghana. All ihre Erfahrungen bilden das Fundament ihrer feinen Musik, ihrer klangvollen Forschungsarbeit. Beeindruckend, wie sie nuancenreich zwischen Brust- und Kopfstimme changiert, langgezogene, überlagerte Sequenzen, schnelle Rhythmen, Lautes, Gehauchtes, Zerbrechliches, Text und Melodie verbin det und die einzelnen Stimmen des Quartetts zur gemeinsamen Sprache verschmelzen lässt. Dazu hat sie absolut passende Partner: Stefan Aeby, André Pousaz und Lionel Friedli spielen auf technisch hohem Niveau und äusserst sensibel, nehmen Buechis Geschichten auf und bringen sie wunderbar zum Klingen. (Steff Rohrbach)
Swiss National Radio Channel DRS 2
DRS 2 will broadcast a short interview about my new Cd 'Flying Letters' (Intakt 229) next tuesday (18th of February 2014) between 8pm and 9pm. http://www.srf.ch
Jazzpodium, Germany wrote about Flying Letters
Jazzpodium just published an article about my new project. You can check it out here on the website of Intakt Records: http://www.intaktrec.ch/reviews.htm Also for more informations on the release and to purchase a CD look at following links: http://www.intaktrec.ch/release.htm http://www.intaktrec.ch/store.htm http://www.intaktrec.ch/229-a.htm http://www.intaktrec.ch/musicians.htm
Article in the NZZ (newspaper Zurich) on Sunday
I had the honor of getting interviewed by Manfred Papst of the NZZ. The interview will be published on coming sunday the 9th of February 2014.
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NZZ Flying Letters 2014
http://www.nzz.ch http://www.intaktrec.ch/rev229-a.htm
New album - FLying Letters
Dear all, After my residency in New York in 2011 I have now recorded the resulting new compositions in the summer last year in the radio studio of DRS and the release is just around the corner... We are very happy to have a contract with the label intakt records, Switzerland. See our first concerts starting soon in my home country and come along... Sarah Buechi - Flying Letters Sarah Buechi - vocals Stefan Aeby - piano André Pousaz - double bass Lionel Friedli - drums http://flyingletters.sarahbuechi.com
Next concerts
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ANIMATA Villa Sträuli , Samstags-Matinée Winterthur, CH
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ANIMATA Heubacher Hauskonzerte Waldshut/Tiengen, DE
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Nyman/Buechi Duo Privater Anlass Weggis, CH
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ANIMATA N/A Gampel, CH
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COH + Jenaer Philharmonie Thomaskirche Erfurt Erfurt, DE
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COH + Jenaer Philharmonie Kulturzentrum Mon Ami Weimar, DE
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COH + Jenaer Philharmonie Volkshaus Jena Jena, DE
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Oct.
23
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Contradiction of Happiness @ Lit Café Lit Café Biel/Bienne, CH
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Dec.
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Buechi/Hellmüller/Pousaz Trio Ref. Kirche Vitznau Vitznau, CH
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Bauer/Buechi/Haberer/Heupel TBA TBA, DE
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