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Isa Wiss Voice, word, (word-)improvisation
*April 24th, 1978, in Winterthur
Musical formation
1993-1997: classical singing lessons at the general department of the Konservatorium Winterthur
Masterclasses & Workshops among others with Steve Argüelles, Susanne Abbühl, Christoph Baumann, Josephine Cronholm, Christy Doran, Urzula Dudziak, Kaspar Ewald, Hans Feigenwinter, Heiri Känzig, Don Li, Mark Murphy, Lauren Newton, Marianne Racine, Ricardo Regidor, Rainer Tempel, Kenny Wheeler, Chris Wiesendanger, Norma Winston, Omri Ziegele
Prizes / Scholarships
- studio-visit in Chicago (February 2009 until July 2009)
Miscellaneous - singing instructor (as freelancer and at 'Kantonsschule Willisau') as well as musical stage direction
- Workshop-leader (Free Improvisation with voice and word) at Newpark Jazz School, Dublin
- carries (with other members of °Nacktmull?) on the 'Mullbau' - since 2007. www.myspace.com/mullbau
- promotion events with Röhrengerätemanufaktur (micorphones) & Vovox (sound conductors)
- semester abroad in Finland (December 2006 until March 2007)
Concerts In Switzerland, USA, Germany, Austria, Ireland, Czech Republic, France, Italy & South Africa BANDS & PROJECTS Discographie
Projects
Umarete Wa Mita Keredo - I Was Born, But
Beginning To End October 2006 / May 2007 Christy Doran (Guit) Ronan Guilfoyle (Acc. Bass), Sean Carpio (Drums)
Tonus Music with Don Li, Anja Losinger, Björn Meyer
Currant Bands since January 2003: Sha's Banryu, Lucerne & Bern, Minimal Music www.banryu.ch, CD Chessboxing Volume One (2008, Ronin Rhythm Records)
since January 2002: Duo with Felix Brühwiler (guit), Lucerne
since April 2003: Duo with Luca Sisera (eb and b), Lucerne
since May 2005: off-key flashy Duo with Chrigel Bosshard (drums)
since February 2006: Hausquartett Christoph Baumann (piano), Hämi Hämmerli (bass), Tony Renold (drums)
since September 2006: °Nacktmull?, Lucerne
Former Bands & Projects 2001- 2005: Piano-Vocal Duo with Nico Hirzel, Lucerne CD 'The World Is Your Oyster - Go For The Pearl!'
2001- 2005: SchnoZgroup, Chur CD Chadafö (2001, Brambus Records) concerts at Moods (Zurich), at Werkstatt (Chur), live at Radio DRS 1, at the Young Lions' Swiss Jazz Festival, at the final of 'Kleiner Prix Walo'...
2002 - 2004: Pocketsoul, Lucerne & Bern
2003-2008: Ingupin - today L.A.R. (Loyal Arctic Rhyme)
2003-2007: dashes, Lucerne & Bern
2004-2007: Schlafes Schwestern, Lucerne
2004 - 2006: Lemming, Lucerne
2005-2007: Steinboldt, Lucerne
Other Projects - Text-author & -improvisator (Publications among others in the 'Kulturmagazin', Lucerne) - projects in free music - several performances within the Music University Lucerne among others with the Big-Band in the KKL Lucerne - together with Norma Winston & Kenny Wheeler - guest appearances in CD-productions (among others in 'Meyer' from Lucerne) - 'Adhoc'-Jazz-Groups
Press Comments
"... in a tightly knit unit driven brilliantly by drummer Sean Carpio ... they (Anm. Isa Wiss: "Ronan Guilfoyle und Christy Doran") had the services of an astonishing young Swiss vocalist, Isa Wiss. Pitch-perfect, with a lovely, warm tonal quality and range of perhaps three octaves, full bottom notes, with no shrillness at the top, and no break in registers, she handled this challenging music with expressive aplomb...."
"...Its inspiration will be Samuel Beckett, though not in any literal sense, focussing instead on the writer's unique cadence, contour and metre as a source for jazz improvisational materials. Other potent voices from Ireland and Switzerland are in store with drummer Sean Carpio and the unique Isa Wiss, a striking young vocalist who evokes the exploratory techniques of the great Sidsel Endresen."
"Beginning To End: A Beckett Centenary Celebration, jointly commissioned by Kilkenny Arts Festival and the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, produced a wonderful response to the literary giant from co-composers Ronan Guilfoyle and Christy Doran, with drummer Sean Carpio and the astonishing Swiss vocalist, Isa Wiss."
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