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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
- classes with Franziska Staehelin
1999-2000: Swiss Jazz School, Bern
- classes with Sandy Patterson
2000-2005: Music University Lucerne, Faculty III / Jazz Department
- Major in vocal/music pedagogy
classes with Susanne Abbühl and Lauren Newton
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)
- award of the Friedl-Wald-Stiftung (2003)
- diploma for extraordinary individual performance at the Zürcher Jugend Big Band Festival (1999)
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
music for a quiet movie by Yasujiro Ozu, Japan 1932 (a project by Trigon Film)
Christoph Baumann (Piano), Jacques Siron (Bass), Dieter Ulrich (Drums)
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
CD Isa Wiss & Felix Brühwiler (2004), among others performance at Viktor Giacobbo's 50th Birthday (Casino Theater Winterthur), Labüsch Bar (Winterthur), Punto (Bern)...
since April 2003: Duo with Luca Sisera (eb and b), Lucerne
work with improvisation, text-improvisation, electronics...
winner of the Friedl-Wald-Award in this formation, performances in the Schüür (Lucerne), Labüsch-Bar (Winterthur)...
since May 2005: off-key flashy Duo with Chrigel Bosshard (drums)
(work with Tonus- Grooves, text-impros, free impro, etc.)
since February 2006: Hausquartett Christoph Baumann (piano), Hämi Hämmerli (bass), Tony Renold (drums)
CD in production (April 2007)
since September 2006: °Nacktmull?, Lucerne
free improvisation with Marc Unternährer (tuba), Hans-Peter Pfammatter (piano), Markus Lauterburg (drums)
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
Chris Hanselmann (Guit & Drums), Andreas Meili (Keys) - 'smallest Soul-Funk band in the world' - concert at the EXPO Neuchâtel in the Théâtre des Roseaux with divers guests (Nubya, Freda Goodlet, Zach Prather...)
2003-2008: Ingupin - today L.A.R. (Loyal Arctic Rhyme)
CD See You In Nuuk (2004, Blackfridge)
CD Phantom (2008, Blackfridge)
2003-2007: dashes, Lucerne & Bern
sensual Elektro-Pop with Marco Agovino (Electronics),
CD blades of grass (2004)
2004-2007: Schlafes Schwestern, Lucerne
projekt with 6 female voices, scenes, texts...
2004 - 2006: Lemming, Lucerne
Isa Wiss' trio with Franz Hellmüller (guitar) and Luca Sisera (bass)
2005-2007: Steinboldt, Lucerne
from the former SchnoZgroup. Unique instrumentation with bass, drums, percussion and vocals. Groovy and free.
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...."
Irish Times, October 31, 2006
"...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."
Improvised Music Company Ireland, 2006
"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."
Irish Times - Highlights and lowlights of 2006 - category 'jazz: best' (Irish Times critics choose the best and worst of the year in the arts.)
Released : Saturday, December 23, 2006 2:25 AM
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