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Anne Czichowsky (born in 1981 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland) studied jazz vocals at the Universities of Music in Stuttgart and Graz and graduated in 2007 with the top grade summa cum laude. Since then, she has established herself as a soloist in various jazz projects and has won several international jazz awards.

She has so far performed in Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Turkey (“Nardis Jazzclub Istanbul”), Africa (Mozambique, Zimbabwe & South Africa), Lithuania, Romania (“Europafest Bucharest”), Finland (“Storyville Jazzclub Helsinki”, “Rajaton Jazzfestival”), South East Asia (Laos, Malaysia, Vietnam & Cambodia) and all over Germany.

She collaborated with Önder Focan Trio, St. Petersburg Jazz Quartet, The Italian Allstars, Lorenzo Petrocca, Thilo Wagner, Oliver Mtukudzi, Michael Kersting, Paul Schwarz, Günther Lenz, Herbert Joos, Bernd Konrad etc.

Currently, Anne is performing regularly with her projects "Anne Czichowsky Quintet", “Anne Czichowsky’s Playground” and her quintet "Jazzpartout", the winner of the “Bucharest Int. Jazz Competition 2008”. Their debut album “Rise” was released in February 2009 on the German label Neuklang. In addition, she transcribed the original recordings of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross and formed the ensemble “Re-Bop - remembering Lambert, Hendricks & Ross” in 2009.

In July 2008, she won the “Int. Jazz Singer Contest Lady Summertime” in Finland, and was also voted “favourite singer of the audience”. In April 2009, she took 2nd place in the “Int. Jazz Voices Contest” in Lithuania, also receiving the special award for “best free program”.

In 2010, Anne was awarded the grand prize of “Volksbank Hochrhein Foundation” for her outstanding achievements in music. She is the first jazz musician who has ever won this award. Also in 2010, she came second at the "12th Int. Jazz Soloist Competition" in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

In 2011, Anne received the "Landesjazzpreis Baden-Württemberg", which is one of the most prestigious jazz awards in Germany. For the first time in 26 years this award was given to a singer.

Anne continues performing in Germany and abroad as well as taking on students: In 2010, she acquired a university teaching position for jazz vocals at the University of Music Saarbrücken. In 2011, she released her second album "Play on words" with the „Anne Czichowsky Quintet“. The musicians playing in this quintet are Lorenzo Petrocca (guitar), Thilo Wagner (piano), Axel Kühn (bass) and Matthias Daneck (drums).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, MUSIC & TOURDATES VISIT:
www.annesingsjazz.com www.myspace.com/anneczichowsky www.myspace.com/anneczichowskysplayground www.myspace.com/re-bop www.youtube.com/annesingsjazz

CONTACT: mail@annesingsjazz.com
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Influences:

Kurt Elling, Lambert,Hendricks & Ross, New York Voices, Chet Baker, George Benson, Dianne Reeves, Roberta Gambarini...and of course all the cats I play with!!!

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NEUKLANG

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  • Genre: Jazz

    Location Stuttgart, De

    Profile Views: 74757

    Last Login: 1/17/2013

    Member Since 5/31/2007

    Website www.annesingsjazz.com

    Record Label NEUKLANG

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    <iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YWBmVJXaXJg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Anne Czichowsky (born in 1981 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland) studied jazz vocals at the Universities of Music in Stuttgart and Graz and graduated in 2007 with the top grade summa cum laude. Since then, she has established herself as a soloist in various jazz projects and has won several international jazz awards. She has so far performed in Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Turkey ("Nardis Jazzclub Istanbul"), Africa (Mozambique, Zimbabwe & South Africa), Lithuania, Romania ("Europafest Bucharest"), Finland ("Storyville Jazzclub Helsinki", "Rajaton Jazzfestival"), South East Asia (Laos, Malaysia, Vietnam & Cambodia) and all over Germany. She collaborated with Önder Focan Trio, St. Petersburg Jazz Quartet, The Italian Allstars, Lorenzo Petrocca, Thilo Wagner, Oliver Mtukudzi, Michael Kersting, Paul Schwarz, Günther Lenz, Herbert Joos, Bernd Konrad etc. Currently, Anne is performing regularly with her projects "Anne Czichowsky Quintet", "Anne Czichowsky's Playground" and her quintet "Jazzpartout", the winner of the "Bucharest Int. Jazz Competition 2008". Their debut album "Rise" was released in February 2009 on the German label Neuklang. In addition, she transcribed the original recordings of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross and formed the ensemble "Re-Bop - remembering Lambert, Hendricks & Ross" in 2009. In July 2008, she won the "Int. Jazz Singer Contest Lady Summertime" in Finland, and was also voted "favourite singer of the audience". In April 2009, she took 2nd place in the "Int. Jazz Voices Contest" in Lithuania, also receiving the special award for "best free program". In 2010, Anne was awarded the grand prize of "Volksbank Hochrhein Foundation" for her outstanding achievements in music. She is the first jazz musician who has ever won this award. Also in 2010, she came second at the "12th Int. Jazz Soloist Competition" in Monte Carlo, Monaco. In 2011, Anne received the "Landesjazzpreis Baden-Württemberg", which is one of the most prestigious jazz awards in Germany. For the first time in 26 years this award was given to a singer. Anne continues performing in Germany and abroad as well as taking on students: In 2010, she acquired a university teaching position for jazz vocals at the University of Music Saarbrücken. In 2011, she released her second album "Play on words" with the „Anne Czichowsky Quintet". The musicians playing in this quintet are Lorenzo Petrocca (guitar), Thilo Wagner (piano), Axel Kühn (bass) and Matthias Daneck (drums). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, MUSIC & TOURDATES: www.annesingsjazz.com www.myspace.com/anneczichowsky www.myspace.com/anneczichowskysplayground www.myspace.com/re-bop www.youtube.com/annesingsjazz CONTACT: mail@annesingsjazz.com
  • Members

    ANNE CZICHOWSKY QUINTETT, Anne Czichowsky - vocals Thilo Wagner - piano Lorenzo Petrocca - guitar Axel Kühn - bass Matthias Daneck - drums JAZZPARTOUT Anne Czichowsky - vocals Stefan Koschitzki - reeds Peter Gromer - piano Markus Braun - bass Jan-Philipp Wiesmann - drums ANNE CZICHOWSKY'S PLAYGROUND Anne Czichowsky - vocals Lorenzo Petrocca - guitar Martin Meixner - hammond Axel Kühn - bass Eckhard Stromer - drums RE-BOP - remembering Lambert, Hendricks & Ross Anne Czichowsky - vocals Jennifer Rüth - vocals Wolf-Dieter Rahn - vocals Peter Gromer - piano Axel Kühn - bass Marcel Gustke - drums
  • Influences

    Kurt Elling, Lambert,Hendricks & Ross, New York Voices, Chet Baker, Carmen McRae, Frank Sinatra, George Benson, Dianne Reeves, Roberta Gambarini...and of course all the cats I play with!!!
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