Susanne Abbuehl
Susanne Abbuehl (born July 30, 1970 in Bern , Canton Bern ) is a Swiss - Dutch jazz singer and composer.
Live and act
Abbuehl received his harpsichord training in baroque music as a child . When she was 17, she went to Los Angeles and attended high school where she received music lessons every day. She then studied at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague (with Jeanne Lee, among others ) and graduated cum laude with a Masters Degree in Jazz Performance and Music Education . She spent several months in India studying classical Indian singing with Prabha Atre . She studied composition with Diderik Wagenaar in The Hague.
As a singer, she tours around the world with her ensembles. In her work, influences from European art music can be seen; their approach to instrumentation and interaction could be described as chamber music . Their artistic identity is characterized by being reduced to essential instrumentation and design means. She initially taught jazz singing at the Basel School of Music, currently in Lausanne and as a professor at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences .
Prizes and awards
- Her CD April , which was released on the ECM label , won an Edison .
- The radio play production "Der Jaukler Tag" for SRF was nominated in 2013 for the Prix Marulić .
- The album Princess (Vision Fugitive) by Stéphan Oliva , Susanne Abbuehl and Øyvind Hegg-Lunde received the Grand Prix du Disque of the Académie Charles Cros in the jazz category in 2017 .
- On January 21, 2018, Susanne Abbuehl was awarded the Prix du Musicien Européen by the Académie du Jazz in Paris .
Discographic notes
- I Am Rose , 1997, with Christof May , Wolfert Brederode , Tony Overwater , Steve Heather and Kristina Fuchs , Natasza Kurek, Stephie Buttrich
- April , ECM Records, 2000, with Christof May, Wolfert Brederode and Samuel Rohrer
- Compass , ECM Records, 2006, with Christof May, Michel Portal , Wolfert Brederode and Lucas Niggli
- The Gift , ECM Records, 2013, with Wolfert Brederode, Matthieu Michel and Olavi Louhivuori
- Stéphan Oliva / Susanne Abbuehl / Øyvind Hegg-Lunde : Prince ss (Vision Fugitive, 2017)
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abbuehl, Susanne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss jazz singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |