Astrid Alexandre
Astrid Alexandre (born April 5, 1981 in Port-au-Prince , Haiti ) is a Swiss songwriter and radio journalist .
Life
Astrid Alexandre grew up in Belgium and Switzerland in a Belgian-Swiss family, attended school in Switzerland and completed the teachers' seminar in Chur and studied at the musicological seminar at the University of Basel . Meanwhile she works partly as an editor at Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha . Alexandre sings mainly in Sursilvan , but also in English, French and Swiss German. Her first solo album was released in autumn 2014. Before that she recorded the CDs Triada and Origins with Corin Curschellas .
As a musician she has appeared at festivals and on stages throughout Switzerland and France, as a solo artist, member of an ensemble and often together with Mario Pacchioli and Corin Curschellas . She initiated the successful chant au tour project for Radiotelevisiun Rumantscha , with which Rhaeto-Romanic singers went on tour in Switzerland.
Discography
- astrid alexandre , R-tunes, 2014
- Umbrivas , R-tunes, 2018
Awards
- 2015: SRG.R media award for the program Med Ursina i København
- 2016: Sponsorship award of the city of Chur for "her enchanting voice and her multilingual, self-composed songs"
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Artist details - Astrid Alexandre In: r-tunes.ch , accessed on April 11, 2018.
- ↑ Press release LA TRIADA In: corin.ch , accessed on April 11, 2018 (PDF; 1.7 MB)
- ↑ Astrid Alexandre In: r-tunes.ch , accessed on April 11, 2018.
- ↑ Astrid Alexandre - Umbrivas (CD, album) In: discogs.com , accessed on April 11, 2018.
- ↑ SRG.R media award goes to radio journalist Astrid Alexandre In: srgd.ch , accessed on April 11, 2018.
- ↑ Schweizer Musikzeitung - Recognition and sponsorship prizes from the city of Chur In: musikzeitung.ch , accessed on April 11, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alexandre, Astrid |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss songwriter and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5th 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Port-au-Prince , Haiti |