Hildegard learns to fly

Hildegard learns to fly
General information
Genre (s)	Avant-garde jazz
founding	2005
Website	hildegardlerntfliegen.de
Current occupation
singing	Andreas Schaerer
trombone	Andreas Tschopp
Saxophones	Matthias Wenger
Drums	Christoph Steiner
double bass	Marco Müller
Saxophones	Benedikt Reising
former members
Saxophones	Patrick Schnyder
trombone	Roman Bieri

Hildegard learns to fly is a Swiss formation of avant-garde jazz around the singer Andreas Schaerer .

The band was founded in 2005 to mainly realize compositions by band leader Andreas Schaerer. The group's music “combines influences from marching , jazz, ska and funk as well as echoes of swing orchestras or brass bands from the Balkans.” In 2007 the debut album was released on the Unit Records label . In 2008 the group was awarded the ZKB Jazz Prize. Starting in 2011, Pro Helvetia awarded jazz funding for three years . In 2014 the band received the BMW Welt Jazz Award . The band has toured Switzerland, Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania, Russia, Luxembourg, China, Italy, Finland, Great Britain and France.

Discography

• 2007: Hildegard learns to fly ( Unit Records )
• 2009: ... from the distant core of the matter (Unit Records)
• 2012: Cinéma Hildegard (Unit Records)
• 2014: The Fundamental Rhythm of Unpolished Brains (Yellowbird / Enja )
• 2020: The Waves Are Rising, Dear! (ACT)

Web links

• hildegardlerntfliegen.ch
• Falling and missing the floor , Der Bund , October 15, 2015
• Hildegard learns to fly at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vocal music from a bird's eye view , Neue Zürcher Zeitung , May 16, 2014
2. ↑ Meeting (LondonJazz)