Shirley Anne Hofmann

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Shirley Anne Hofmann (* 1959 in Kingston, Ontario ) is a Canadian musician ( accordion , vocals , piano , trombone , euphonium , sousaphone , tuba , keyboards ).

Hofmann studied music at McGill University in Montreal. There were productions with Ripoff Raskolnikov , Dave Holland , Roscoe Mitchell , Julian Priester , Mani Neumeier , Mohamed Badawi , Nimal and Fish Shop Girls. Between 1990 and 1993 she was a member of the avant-garde rock band The Blech , with whom she released the album Liebeslieder . Then she started her solo program Euphoria and worked with the orchestra of Ben Jeger and Peeni Waali . She can also be heard on albums by L 'Ensemble Raye , Jellyfish Kiss and John Wolf Brennan .

Hofmann, who works mainly in Switzerland, has released several solo albums as a multi-instrumentalist on her own record label "Label UsineS".

Discographic notes

  • Euphoria: From the Depths (LabelUsines, 1995, with Pippin Barnett)
  • Idraulica! (LabelUsines, 1999), with Peter Schärli , Ben Jeger, Fredi Flükiger, Michael Frey
  • Alp Traum (LabelUsines, 2000, with Hämi Hämmerli , Carlos Lopez and others)
  • Euphoria: Live (LabelUsines, 2005)
  • Bratko Bibič & The Madleys / Rämschfädra & Shirley A. Hofmann: A good spirit from Grünenwald - Embodiments: Live at Alpentöne (Bergtöne 2009)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Short biography (The Blech)
personal data
SURNAME Hofmann, Shirley Anne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hofmann, Shirley
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Kingston (Ontario)