Brigitte Schär

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Brigitte Schär (born February 1, 1958 in Zurich ) is a Swiss writer , singer and performer.

Live and act

Schär, who grew up in Meilen on Lake Zurich, studied German and European folk literature and completed training in singing and speaking. After completing her studies, she was a German teacher and speaker in the studio of the blind hearing library for a few years ; in addition, she performed as a singer in the field of freely improvised music and jazz . She has been working as a freelance writer and singer since she was thirty.

She publishes books for adults and children, which have received various awards and have so far been translated into fifteen languages.

From 1989 to 1991 she worked in the vocal trio Eisgesänge together with Dorothea Schürch and Magda Vogel . In 1994 she performed with Bruno Spoerri and David Moss at the Willisau Jazz Festival . With the Dutch pianist Trudy Raymakers she has been on tour to Switzerland, Europe and Sudan. She also gives improvisation concerts with musicians such as Reto Weber , John Wolf Brennan , Pierre Favre , Hans Kennel , Corin Curschellas , Hans Koch , Nana Twum Nketia, Emilen Sanou, LaDonna Smith, Daniele Patumi and Jeffrey Morgan .

She was also involved in multimedia projects in the fields of dance, video, and film and taught voice training and singing.

Brigitte Schär has been combining her various artistic directions since the 1990s. In collaboration with other musicians, she developed settings of her literature and a very unique literary-musical form of performance. Various stage programs (mostly solos) for adults or children were created. Brigitte Schär also publishes her literary songs and story-songs on CDs.

Brigitte Schär appears all over the world with her concert readings and performance readings. Your performance languages ​​are German, English and French. She lives in Zurich.

As a CAS teaching artist (studied at the Bern University of the Arts 2011/2012), she leads multimedia writing projects and project weeks in schools and for adults.

Awards

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  • 1993 Swiss Youth Book Prize for "That doesn't work!"
  • 1995 Commissioned by the Swiss cultural foundation Pro Helvetia
  • 1997 Schnabelsteherpreis for "Monster visit!"
  • 1997 Honorary Diploma The most beautiful German books for "Monsterbesuch!"
  • 1997 Children's Book Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
  • 1997 residency at the international artist house Schloss Wiepersdorf, Mark Brandenburg
  • 1998 Admission to the IBBY honor list for "Monster visit!"
  • 1999 Children's and Youth Media Prize "The Red Zora"
  • 1999 Cultural award from the Canton of Zurich in the field of adult books
  • 2001 nomination for the reading competition for the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in Klagenfurt. In the lead for the 3-satellite price
  • 2002 nomination for the German Youth Literature Prize for "Mama is as big as a tower"
  • 2002 Honorary Diploma The most beautiful German books for "Mama is big as a tower"
  • 2005 Toad of the Month July 2005 for "The Christmas Show"
  • 2005 Lynx 226 for "The Christmas Show"
  • 2005 Contribution to the Pro Helvetia cultural foundation
  • 2006 work grant from the UBS Cultural Foundation
  • 2011 Nomination for the Swiss Children's and Youth Media Prize for "Dinosaurs in the Moon"

Works

  • The drawer child, 1988
  • On the high rope, 1991
  • Vocal Flight to Beirut, 1995, CD
  • That's not possible !, 1995, illustrated by Jacky Gleich
  • Monster visit !, 1996, illustrated by Jacky Gleich
  • Love letters are not bills, 1998
  • The blind fairy, 1998, illustrated by Julia Gukova
  • The House on the Hill ', 1998, illustrated by Jacky Gleich
  • The Abduction of the World, 2000
  • Mama is as big as a tower, 2001, illustrated by Jacky Gleich
  • From flying and wild boar hunting, 2001, CD with story-songs
  • All around. A multimedia journey through Brigitte Schär's children's books, 2002. CD + CD-ROM
  • The Christmas Show, 2005, illustrated by Jörg Müller
  • Dear Mrs. Bear, 2005, CD with songs on the literature business
  • Stories from Roll and Rest, 2006, illustrated by Verena Ballhaus
  • Dinosaurs in the Moon, 2009, illustrated by Jacky Gleich
  • Lift anchor, set sail !, 2011, CD with story-songs
  • 5 tiny little dwarfs, 2011, illustrated by Lika Nüssli
  • Adieu, goodbye, goodbye !, 2011, illustrated by Babette Maeder
  • Spatz und Schwein, 2012, illustrated by Jacky Gleich
  • Domino's Secret, 2015, illustrated by Andrea Caprez
  • Lisa, Paul and Frau Fisch, 2016, illustrated by Jens Rassmus
  • Unwetter - ominous stories, 2016, illustrated by Ulrich Zwick, foreword by Franz Hohler

Musical and multimedia projects (selection)

  • WIM Zurich (workshop for improvised music), collaboration with Fritz Hegi and Barbara Sturzenegger u. a.
  • Vocal trio Eisgesänge ", avant-garde a cappella chants, together with Magda Vogel and Doro Schürch (1988–1993)
  • Four fists and a good day, together with Muriel Bader (1988)
  • Störnebel, together with Gido Dietrich (electronics, sounds) and Judith von Tessin (cello)
  • Performances together with the Fluxus performance group A 'battery A' around Vänçi M.Stirnemann
  • Wimen Tales, together with Barbara Sturzenegger u. a. (1988)
  • 1000 Rounds, together with Carl Haenggi (1989)
  • Progress', together with Uschi Janowsky and Judith von Tessin (1990)
  • Von Prinzen und Hansen, together with Nelly Bütikofer (1994)
  • Jazz Festival Willisau, together with Bruno Spoerri and David Moss (1994)
  • Reading Cities, together with Heinz Nigg, Christian Krone u. a. (1995)
  • Schoolhouse concerts "Wonder World Human Voice", together with Michael Pfeuti (double bass, electronics), Fritz Franz Vogel (photo projections) / Clara Buntin (voc) / Erika Stucky (voc) (1990–1998)
  • from 2000 Brigitte Schär combined her different artistic directions. In collaboration with other musicians, she developed settings of her literature and a very unique literary-musical form of performance.

literature

  • Bruno Spoerri (Ed.): Biographical Lexicon of Swiss Jazz. CD supplement to: Bruno Spoerri (Ed.): Jazz in Switzerland. History and stories. Chronos-Verlag, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0739-6

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personal data
SURNAME Schär, Brigitte
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer and singer
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich