Corin Curschellas

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Corin Curschellas with Albin Brun , Patricia Draeger and Claudio Strebel in spring 2012 (“La Grischa”).

Corin Curschellas (born July 2, 1956 in Chur , Romance pronunciation [ ˌkɔrin kur'ʃe: lɐs ]) is a Swiss singer-songwriter , singer ( jazz , folk , folk , world music , chanson ), Rhaeto-Romanic singer ( Chanzun rumantscha ), improvisation artist ( “Instant composing” ), actress ( theater , film , musical ), speaker ( radio plays , audio books ) and lecturer for singing.

Life

Curschellas was born in Chur ( Graubünden , Switzerland) in 1956 and grew up there. She attended the canton school in Chur and graduated in 1977 with a primary school teacher certificate.

From 1977 to 1983 Corin Curschellas studied acting and theater education at the Zurich University of the Arts and three semesters of musicology at the University of Zurich .

Corin Curschellas lived in Berlin from 1983 to 1989 , then in Basel for two years . Thanks to a scholarship, she moved to Paris in 1991 , where she finally lived until 2000, with a two-year break in New York from 1995 to 1997. From 2000 to 2005 she commuted between Paris and Zurich.

“I've always lived in strange worlds, but the poems and songs made a connection with my homeland. [...] I was homesick. In Berlin I read the thickest books on Romansh culture. Before I was hardly interested, but that's where I wanted to know. I met so many people who also talked about their origins that I also tried to clarify or consolidate my identity. "

- Corin Curschellas in a broadcast of the Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha on May 19, 2013.

The song Senza patria , German without a home, comes from this eventful epoch of her life .

Since 2009, the artist lives in Zurich and in sursilvanischen Rueun , 30 km from Chur. In Rueun she lives with her partner, the sculptor Linard Nicolay , in the house of her grandparents, the holiday home of her childhood.

Corin Curschella's actual mother tongue is Swiss German . Although she learned from her father to speak Sursilvan almost perfectly, she does not write any Rhaeto-Romanic songs herself . However, she sings texts and songs by Romansh authors in all Romansh idioms as well as Rumantsch Grischun .

In connection with the deepening of the Romanesque roots and the return to Rueun, Corin Curschellas says:

“Jeu sundel en ina fasa dalla veta nua ch'igl ei sco sche mellis dutgs vegnessen ensemen per sbuccar ella mar. Ei vegn tut pli ruasseivel, ferm e curaschus, pli clar e concentrau. "

“I am in a phase of life in which a thousand streams come together to pour into the sea. Everything will be calmer, firmer and bolder, clearer and more focused. "

- Corin Curschellas on May 3, 2012 in conversation with La Quotidiana

Act

Since the opening of the clay cinema “Cinema Sil Plaz” in Ilanz (Surselva) in 2010, Corin Curschellas has curated her own series “corin invit”, in which she invites well-known national and international directors and their films to take part in an audience discussion.

Since 2017 Corin Curschellas has curated the concert series “Volksmusig-im-Volkshuus” in the Zürcher Volkshaus  together with Dide Marfurt, Tobi Bolfing and Markus "Punky" Kenner.

RTR has put together a collection of audio and video documents for Corin's 60th birthday.

singing

Corin Curschellas: Concert with the group «eCHo».

Corin Curschellas covers different vocal genres : singer-songwriter, jazz, folk, chanson, world music, folk song , musical, improvisation. Ironically, she describes herself as a "sound carrier".

Corin Curschellas sings most often in Romansh, Swiss German and English , but also in Standard German , French or Italian or even in fantasy languages .

From 1977 to 1983 Corin Curschellas worked with Walter Lietha and with him he played albums like Dia Fahrenda, Under de Brugg, Obacht, Drum sing i grad drum or Liebi Schwiizer guet Nacht . Musicians in this band were: Max Lässer, Bruno Spoerri, Philipp Kienholz, Walter and Peter Kaiser, Sal Celi, Joel Reiff. Guest musicians: Andreas Vollenweider, Roli Mosimann.

Between 1993 and 1997 Corin Curschellas was the singer of the Vienna Art Orchestra . In 2009 she toured again with this orchestra.

Corin Curschellas then worked on productions by Peter Scherer , Noël Akchoté , David Byrne , Andreas Vollenweider , Max Lässer ( Überlandorchester ), Fritz Hauser , Heiri Känzig , Christian Marclay , Hélène Labarrière and Yves Robert . With Steve Argüelles , Christophe “Disco” Minck and Benoît Delbecq , she was at times an integral part of the jazz and improvisation group The Recyclers .

She released eight albums with her own songs and has realized numerous musical projects. Selected details in chronological order:

Instrumental music

Corin Curschellas is a multi-instrumentalist : She plays the piano , keyboards and the Indian harmonium , dulcimers and other zithers , percussion , ukulele and the accordion.

Ethnic music aspects

A large part of the musical work of Corin Curschellas is dedicated to the Chanzun Rumantscha and has an ethnographic aspect: In 1983 Corin Curschellas came across the special edition of a copy of the Canzun de Sontga Margriata (German song of St. Margaret ) in Walter Lietha's bookstore in Chur. from 1938. Curschellas reworked the only fragmentarily preserved traditional song melody from the 8th century based on the model by Christian Caminada and is therefore considered the rediscoverer of the oldest legend of the Rhaeto-Romanic people. She released the song in five different versions.

Curschellas collects old Rhaeto-Romanic cultural assets - in the case of Origins (trad.) She used the «Alfons Maissen» archive from the 1930s -, distributes the texts with her albums and concerts and, at the same time, writes the La Grischa songbook . The book La Grischa 1 contains the texts and harmonies for the songs from the albums La Grischa and Origins (trad.) Music-ethnographic information by Iso Albin . This ethnographic work has also earned her the name "Grande Dame of contemporary and traditional Romansh songs". At the same time Corin Curschellas distances himself from alpine folklore in pop style.

The Suisse Miniature concert project also stands in this context : The project arose from a “Convivenza” event organized by the Lia Rumantscha in 2010. By 2013, a collection of songs in the three Graubünden languages ​​of Walser German , Italian and Romansh was created. The name of the project refers, on the one hand, to the Ticino open-air facility Swissminiatur and, on the other hand, to the fact that the canton of Graubünden is a kind of Switzerland in miniature, linguistically and culturally.

The second songbook by Corin Curschellas was published on October 1, 2016: LA GRISCHA 2, 49 Rhaeto-Romanic folk songs, all verse texts in Rumantsch and German with explanations in Rumantsch and German by Laura Decurtins. The book contains the two CDs La Triada and La Nova interpreted by Corin Curschellas & Ensembles. Publisher: Chasa Editura Rumantscha, Chur, ISBN 978-3-03845-039-9 With La Pura from 1992, the first work with an ethnographic aspect is a bit behind. Nevertheless, Corin Curschellas sees a biographical connection:

"The older I get, the greater my affinity for old songs."

- Corin Curschellas in the Aargauer Zeitung from May 1, 2012.

Solo programs

Corin Curschellas in the solo program «Mono» 2005: song, music, image level.

Corin Curschellas has appeared in musical solo programs since 2005:

  • 2005: finally («Sola!»)
  • 2005: Mono ("Six instruments, six languages ​​and one film level")
  • 2010: Pomp on credit ("A dramatic-musical swan song")
  • 2011: Scent and tweet ("Songs from a humanoid bestiary")

Corin Curschella's setting of the Canzun de Sontga Margriata (German Song of Saint Margaret ), one of the oldest Rhaeto-Romanic texts, comes from the Mono program . The song is about the Sontga Margriata, who works as a man, disguised as a herdsman, on an alp, but whose disguise is uncovered due to an accident. Corin Curschellas interprets the song in terms of environmental protection and sustainability:

“For me, the fertility goddess Margriata is a symbol of nature [...] and the respectful and conscious handling of her gifts. If we betray this original knowledge, then the slopes wither and slide, the springs dry up, our bees die, the eternal ice in the Alps melts, the polar caps too. Fish are dying in polluted rivers, our oceans are puddles of oil, the seas will soon be fished empty, and kilometers of plastic rubbish carpets swim in them. "

- Corin Curschellas in her speech on the national holiday on August 1, 2013 in Baden AG .

composition

Corin Curschellas wrote her first major composition in 1979/1980 while she was still a student, namely the theatrical composition for the play Woman by Edward Bond at the Schauspielhaus Zürich under the musical direction of George Gruntz .

In 2003 Corin Curschellas composed the music for the television film Meier Marilyn by Stina Werenfels together with Christian Rösli .

In 2014 Corin Curschellas developed the cultural-political composition project “Uccelin - a Singing Bird Suite”. The suite pays homage to and supports the art project “Uccellin” (German little bird ) by the Chur artist Hans Danuser . The subject matter is the counting verses of children, the political subject is the influence of politics on art.

Corin Curschellas also composes songs for Michael von der Heide (for example the award-winning title Jeudi amour , 1998), previously also for Vera Kaa and Dodo Hug .

theatre

Corin Curschellas has worked as an actress in the following productions, among others:

In 2006 and 2007 Corin Curschellas played as Ms. Rossi in the musical The Black Brothers . In 2008 she played in the musical Elternabend at the Theater am Hechtplatz .

radio play

Corin Curschellas took part in the radio play series Jimmy Flitz by Roland Zoss in 2008 , where she spoke and sang the role of the tiger fly in parts 1–3 and in 2015 that of the Celtic druid Belena . In 2009 she was a speaker and singer in Fritz Hauser's radio play Am Rande des Horizonts . In 2012 she appeared in the radio play Ustrinkata by Arno Camenisch on SRF 1 with a speaking role .

Radio play:  In April 2017 she took part in the SRF radio thriller: "Bergwasser" by Sabina Altermatt on SRF 1 with a speaking role. 

https://www.srf.ch/sendung/hoerspiel/srf-radiokrimi-bergwasser-von-sabina-altermatt

Movie

Corin Curschellas appeared in 2005 as an actress in the movie Marmorera . 2016 she was in the feature film Nothing happens by Micha Lewinsky as a singer with the group Pflanzplätz and Andy Gabriel to see.

Film music

Corin Curschellas composed the score for the comedy "Meier Marilyn" by Stina Werenfels.

pedagogy

Corin Curschellas was a teacher at the Kreuzberg Music School during her time in Berlin . At times she was a guest lecturer at the Zurich University of the Arts and at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences .

Prizes and awards

  • 1991: "Atelier Paris" of the GSMBA (today visarte ), grant from the Canton of Graubünden
  • 1993: Sponsorship award from the Canton of Graubünden
  • 1998: Competition for professional cultural creation in the Canton of Graubünden
  • 1999: Commissioned by the Pro Helvetia Foundation
  • 2003: Competition for professional cultural creation in the Canton of Graubünden
  • 2003: "Prix Eliette" by Eliette von Karajan
  • 2005: Music recognition award from the "Fondation Suisa", a SUISA foundation
  • 2005: Recognition award from the city of Chur
  • 2010: Recognition award of the cultural promotion of the canton of Graubünden
  • 2014: Swiss Music Prize 2014 from the Federal Office of Culture
  • 2018: Award of the Bünder Kulturpreis by the government of the Canton of Graubünden

Discography

Own productions

Corin Curschellas has released ten of her own albums since 1992:

Cooperation

Corin Curschellas has worked in productions by the following artists:

literature

  • Jean Grädel: Corin Curschellas . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 1, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 423 f.
  • Bruno Spoerri : Biographical Lexicon of Swiss Jazz , CD supplement to: B. Spoerri (Hrsg.): Jazz in Switzerland. History and stories. Chronos-Verlag, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0739-6 .
  • Maya Höneisen (editor), Yannik Andrea (editor): Bündner Kulturschaffende II: Creative power from the mountains. Offizin Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-907496-85-5 .
  • Dieter Ringli, Johannes Rühl: Corin Curschellas In: Die Neue Volksmusik. Seventeen portraits and a search for traces in Switzerland, CD supplement, Chronos, Zurich 2017, ISBN 978-3-0340-1310-9
  • La Grischa 1 song book with 47 Chanzuns Popularas Rumantschas with 2 CDs La Grischa u. Origins (trad.) Publisher: Chasa Editura Rumantscha ISBN 978-3-905956-14-6
  • La Grischa 2 songbook with 49 Chanzuns Popularas Rumantschas with 2 CDs La Triada u. La Nova, Publisher: Chasa Editura Rumantscha ISBN 978-3-03845-039-9

Web links

Commons : Corin Curschellas  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Chanzun rumantscha on corin.ch
  2. a b c d e f g Official website of Corin Curschellas, accessed on March 20, 2014
  3. a b c show Corin Curschellas e sia per la amur chanzun rumantscha of Romansh television on May 19, 2013.
  4. Video clip at RTR, accessed on May 1, 2014.
  5. a b c d article ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Swiss radio in “Music of the World” on April 19, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.srf.ch
  6. La Quotidiana of May 3, 2012: Corin Curschellas conta ord il cor dils Grischuns .
  7. The Landbote of August 22, 2013: “Caras Steilas” bring heaven close .
  8. Culture in the old horse smithy article at woz.ch from October 18, 2012
  9. Folk music in the Volkshaus - background at volksmusik-im-volkshaus.ch, accessed on March 21, 2017
  10. Collection at RTR
  11. ^ Song on Youtube , accessed on March 20, 2014.
  12. Video clip from August 1984, accessed on June 21, 2014.
  13. Detailed information on Sud des Alpes on the Corin Curschellas website, accessed on March 21, 2014.
  14. Information from the independent label NoEthno , accessed on March 21, 2014.
  15. ^ Video for the song "s Gäld" by Werner Wollenberger, sung by Corin Curschellas. Accessed May 2, 2014.
  16. Article in Blick from November 10, 2004.
  17. Entry ( Memento of the original from March 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the Kulturserver Graz , accessed on March 24, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / kultur.graz.at
  18. Project information Happy New Year .
  19. Making-of Grischunit, film by Dominik Meyer, accessed on March 20, 2014.
  20. a b Berner Zeitung of August 13, 2008: Corin Curschellas: Grischunit
  21. Der Landbote on December 23, 2008: Poppiger Gebirgstreck
  22. ^ Mineralienatlas: Grischunit
  23. Grischunit - Voices of Rumantsch on the homepage of Corin Curschellas
  24. WoZ from June 27, 2013: The sound of the fallow folk music .
  25. Bündner Tagblatt of November 11, 2013: The art of making precious stones shine .
  26. a b Zürichsee-Zeitung of January 13, 2014: Bündner Lieder in five dialects that hardly anyone in the audience understood .
  27. Corin Curschellas: LA GRISCHA: Chanzuns popularas rumantschas; Romansh folk songs. Chasa Editura Rumantscha , 2013, ISBN 978-3-905956-14-6 .
  28. NZZ of August 9, 2013: More than a songbook.
  29. La Quotidiana of March 14, 2012: Oz conta Corin Curschellas a Bravuogn.
  30. Berner Zeitung of May 10, 2012: Calls from the Rhaetian valleys and from a bygone era
  31. Southeastern Switzerland of August 24, 2012: With Curschellas, the “Stubete” begins on the train .
  32. Aargauer Zeitung of May 26, 2013.
  33. Excerpts from the program Pomp auf Pump on YouTube.
  34. Song Sontga Margriata , sung by Corin Curschellas, video on YouTube, accessed on March 21, 2014.
  35. Southeast Switzerland of January 25, 2014: Art is what remains .
  36. Short video for the Hotel Angst production on Youtube, accessed on May 2, 2014.
  37. Documentation on the making of the musical Die Schwarzen Brüder on YouTube, accessed on March 20, 2014.
  38. Information on the musical parents' evening at musicalzentrale.de , accessed on March 22, 2014.
  39. Radio play ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from December 14, 2012 on SRF 1. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.srf.ch
  40. Information ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. visarte.Graubünden, Atelier Paris, accessed on March 21, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.visarte-graubuenden.ch
  41. a b Official site ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the competition for professional cultural creation of the Canton of Graubünden, accessed on March 20, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gr.ch
  42. Prize winners ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 221 kB) of the cultural funding of the Canton of Graubünden since 1969. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gr.ch
  43. Press release of March 31, 2014, accessed on September 9, 2014.
  44. Short biographies , Swiss Music Prize 2014, accessed on September 9, 2014.
  45. Official interview , Swiss Music Prize 2014, accessed on September 9, 2014.
  46. PDF , press release, Bündner Kulturpreis 2018, La Quotidiana, January 19, 2018
  47. PDF , press release, Bündner Kulturpreis 2018, La Quotidiana, page 2 January 19, 2018
  48. PDF , press release, Bündner Kulturpreis 2018, Southeastern Switzerland, January 19, 2018
  49. PDF , media release, Bündner Kulturpreis 2018, Südostschweiz, page 3 January 19, 2018
  50. PDF , media release, Bündner Kulturpreis 2018, Bündner Tagblatt, January 19, 2018
  51. PDF , media release, Bündner Kulturpreis 2018, Bündner Tagblatt, page 13 January 19, 2018