Sylvie Courvoisier was born in Lausanne in 1968 and is now an outstanding jazz musician. A pianist, improviser and leading light of New York’s Downtown scene for 20 years, she plays together with artists such as John Zorn, Mark Feldman and Ikue Mori, leads various jazz groups (including a trio with Kenny Wollesen and Drew Gress) and writes for concerts, plays and the avant-garde flamenco dancer Israel Galván.
Her combination of brilliant technique, playfulness, sheer power and boundless imagination in both performing and composing has won her numerous awards.
Year of creation
2018
Director
Julien Chavaillaz & Collection films
Tag
sylvie courvoisier
Credits and thanks
Produced by Federal Office of Culture, Bern
and Collection, Paris/Lausanne
Project Management - Martine Chalverat
Direction - Julien Chavaillaz
Image - Bryan Lehmann
Production -Julien Chavaillaz & Collection films
Sound - Grégoire Pasquier
Translation - Nicolas Cacheux
Editing & Calibration - Mathieu Cacheux
Graphic Design - Noémie Gygax
Sylvie Courvoisier – Swiss Music Prize 2018
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Added on 24 October 2022
Sylvie Courvoisier was born in Lausanne in 1968 and is now an outstanding jazz musician. A pianist, improviser and leading light of New York’s Downtown scene for 20 years, she plays together with artists such as John Zorn, Mark Feldman and Ikue Mori, leads various jazz groups (including a trio with Kenny Wollesen and Drew Gress) and writes for concerts, plays and the avant-garde flamenco dancer Israel Galván.
Her combination of brilliant technique, playfulness, sheer power and boundless imagination in both performing and composing has won her numerous awards.
Credits and thanks
Produced by Federal Office of Culture, Bern
and Collection, Paris/Lausanne
Project Management - Martine Chalverat
Direction - Julien Chavaillaz
Image - Bryan Lehmann
Production -Julien Chavaillaz & Collection films
Sound - Grégoire Pasquier
Translation - Nicolas Cacheux
Editing & Calibration - Mathieu Cacheux
Graphic Design - Noémie Gygax
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