Christine Schmid

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Christine Schmid (* 1969 in Basel ) is a singer and accordionist from northwestern Switzerland . It is active in the border triangle between Switzerland, France and Germany.

Life

Christine Schmid grew up in Rheinfelden , where she also graduated from high school. She learned to play the accordion at the age of three and has had various solo appearances since 1985, initially as an accordionist. She studied economics at the University of Lausanne in French up to a diploma. From 1991 she deepened her musical training in singing at the opera workshop at the Basel Conservatory . She then continued her training in singing and piano at the Basel Jazz School , studied modern accordion style with Hans Günther Kölz at the Hohner Conservatory in Trossingen from 1995 to 1997 and attended the Jazz Variety School in Paris in 1998 .

She trained her voice in the classic bel canto subject in Italy with Alfredo Zanazzo , Andrea Bocelli's teacher . She made her debut in Italy as a soprano in the leading role in Aida and Tosca and presents her opera, operetta and musical repertoire with various orchestras and pianists. In addition to music, Christine Schmid also worked as a model (including for Tissot, Edeka and Quelle), mannequin and actress. B. as Bettina in the film " Sophie and the Song of Songs ".

After excursions into the entertaining subject and television appearances with the group Die Schäfer in the show Fröhlicher everyday life of the Südwestrundfunk , concerts at the New Orleans Jazz Festival and as Marlene Dietrich in the musical Edith Piaf followed . In the SWR telecast coffee or tea from 31 March 2017 she had a television appearance with presentation of their new CD Paris-Berlin . This contains classic French chansons that she has translated into German.

Schmid appears as a soloist with vocals and accordion with her French / German chanson and tango repertoire, has her own 30s revue with the pianist Florian Metz and a gypsy program in a duo with the guitar virtuoso Gaetano Siino .

In addition to music, she works as a speech and communication trainer and makes moderations and presentations.

Discography

  • 2017: Paris – Berlin. RecordJet . CD with 14 songs, classics of the chanson newly translated.

Awards

  • 2012: Grenzlandkulturpreis of the German-French Society Lörrach .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christine - Model from Rheinfelden on the model community website stylished.de , accessed on October 17, 2018.
  2. ↑ Sophie and the Song of Songs , entry in the IMDb
  3. ↑ Sophie and the Song of Songs video in full length, 21 min. On Vimeo
  4. ^ Music from the Southwest: Christine Schmid and Band
  5. ↑ An exceptional artist inspires. In: Weiler Zeitung , May 19, 2016.
  6. ↑ Brandl's Kulturscheune: Christine Schmid presents herself perfectly as a diva. In: Südkurier , September 3, 2017.
  7. ↑ Christine Schmid shows the many facets of love. In: Südkurier, July 12, 2016.
  8. ^ From Vienna and Berlin to Paris. In: Badische Zeitung, July 16, 2018.
  9. ↑ Christine Schmid & Gaetano Siino - "Paris-Rome-Berlin" Chanson goes Gypsy. Häbse-Theater Basel, accessed on October 17, 2018.
  10. ↑ The duo Christine Schmid and Gaetano Siino inspire in Kirchzarten. In: Badische Zeitung, February 27, 2018.
  11. ↑ Voice Training - Speaking, Communication & Personality , on Christine Schmid's website, accessed on October 25, 2018.
  12. ↑ Michael Baas: The Muse from the Upper Rhine. Review, Badische Zeitung , June 23, 2017.
  13. ↑ Sniffed the air of chansons in Paris - accordionist and singer Christine Schmid from Rheinfelden is awarded the Grenzland Culture Prize 2012 today. In: Badische Zeitung , February 11, 2012.
  14. ↑ "I definitely deserve it" . Interview with Christine Schmid in the Badische Zeitung , February 11, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Schmid, Christine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss singer
DATE OF BIRTH 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel