Eliana Burki

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Eliana Burki (2017 with the "Burki-Horn")

Eliana Burki (born September 13, 1983 in Feldbrunnen , Canton Solothurn ) is a Swiss musician . She developed the term “Funky Swiss Alphorn” for the use of the alphorn in funk , pop and jazz songs.

Life

Eliana has been playing the alphorn since she was six years old. One of her first public appearances was at the north-west Swiss yodelling festival in Schönenwerd , when she was nine years old and played among men. Since she does not like the traditional attitude to the alphorn, she does not play in a traditional costume as is usually the case when playing the alphorn. As a teenager, she discovered her love for blues and jazz compositions.

At the age of 16 she broke off her TPA training . She studied piano and singing at the Basel Academy of Music , since the alphorn cannot be used for any subjects. In between, Burki repeatedly plays classical alphorn concerts as a soloist with various orchestras.

In addition to her work as a musician, Eliana Burki volunteers for free music therapy in a children's clinic in Davos . With her alphorn lessons, she helps children who suffer from cystic fibrosis . The breathing technique used is physically and mentally beneficial for the children.

Eliana and her band are booked to perform worldwide. She had special appearances at the team draw for Euro 2008 and as an ambassador for Swiss music. In 2007 the CD Heartbeat was released , which was produced with David Richards at Mountain Studios . In 2011 the album Travellin 'Root , produced by John Boylan, followed. On the album Alpine Horn Symphonic (2012) she can be heard with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester under Johannes Schlaefli as a soloist in works by Daniel Schnyder , Jean Daetwyler and herself. Her album Arcardia (2016) was created in collaboration with producer Christian Lohr and the Solis String Quartet .

Eliana Burki lives in Solothurn and Los Angeles .

Eliana Burki at the Festival Bardentreffen in Nuremberg 2009

Web links

Commons : Eliana Burki  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alphorn queen between pop and funk. swissinfo.ch, accessed on January 18, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Bruno Fricker: The alphorn for more music in medicine. Bulletin of the Swiss Medical Journal, accessed on January 18, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Burki, Eliana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Feldbrunnen , Switzerland