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Orchestra? I hear you wonder – and rightly so. To be precise the Swiss Indian Orchestra is no orchestra but a quartett and the Indians are not Indians but Swiss. Nevertheless: the musicians and their compositions are all inspired by indian music. Tabla, Sitar and Bansoori weave classical patterns creating a colourful carpet of sound, of filigree structure and bold expressive strokes. Since 2004 the Swiss Indian Orchestra takes its audience to a journey into indian sounds. Both on small stages and festivals the four experienced artists inspire with their absorbing playing, wich is also a plesure for un-indian ears.
Read the following Review and more Information about the Musicians:
"This incredibly hypnotic album blends North Indian classical music, jazz and modern chamber music approaches for a completely intoxicating combination of harmonies, moods, colors and images. With tabla carving the way rhythmically and flute decorating the melodic lines, supported by E-Sitar, the Swiss Indian Orchestra gives a whole new context to Indian fusion. Delving into and refining the art of a carefully created atmosphere, sustainable and intriguing and mesmerizing all the same, this group strikes an ideal balance between the active and inactive, the extroverted and introverted, the commanding presence and the receptive one. Put simply, it is a gorgeous album worthy of notice by any Indian music fan"(CD Baby)
More about the Musicians:
Sarah Büchi, vocals
Growing up in a familiy of musicians, Sarah Büchi got her first violin and piano lessons at the age of five. As a teenagershe discovered classical singing as well as electric guitar and started to perform her own music. After she had won an award for the composition of a musical, she decided to study music at the Jazzschool Lucerne. During her studies she discovered her love for indian music. For 18 month she took lessons in classical indian singing and Konnakkol with R.A- Ramamani and T.A.S. Mani in Bangalore, India. Sarah Büchi plays with various groups and artists, such as THALI, BRAHMAN BISTROT, Nils Wogram, Philipp Schaufelberger, S.Karthik Mani and others. Besides her work as a performer, she also teaches vocals at the Jazzschool Newpark Music Center in Dublin, Ireland.
Marius Peyer, tabla studied with Pierre Favre (Jazz Percussion) and Lars Lindval (Composition, Arranging) at the Lucerne Music Academy. Further studies led him to New York and John Riley (Manhattan School of Music) and to Misha Masud (Northindian Classical Music, Tablas). He works on his own projects as well as in various ensembles and bands in Switzerland and abroad, with artists such as the Roland Philippe Trio, Marianne Racine Group, Christoph Stiefel, Eduard Rushton (London Sinfonietta), Darryl Hall Quartet, Matthieu Michel, Acoustic Stories, Chris Wiesendanger Trio, Roman Glasers Hidden Creatures, Peyer/Weber/Stoffner unsung songs, Neuromodulator . He has received the Art Award of the Dr. K and H.Hintermeister-Gyger Foundation, for composition works.
Eric Hunziker, sitar guitar went through the jazz schools of Freiburg (GER) and Lucerne, where he received his diploma in 1996. He studied guitar with Christy Doran and Roberto Bossard and arranging with Lars Lindval. Concert tours with several bands as well as other projects followed. Always looking for new sounds, he has played electronic and free music and he is currently producing Q-Point - a project between Pop and Ambient - in his own studio. On his trip to India in 2004 he studied sitar with Govinda and Indian-Guitar with Pt. Shrivnath Battajaria in Varanasi. Besides Eric composes Music for Film and Animation.
Roman Glaser, flute, bansoori studied Music at Zurich University and went to St.Gallen Jazzschool. Further studies with Alexandre Magnin. On the flute he performs in his own projects or as sideman in Switzerland and abroad. He plays with other artists such as Phil Parnell, Esbjörn Svenson, Kol Simcha, London Mozart Players, Kaunas String Quartet, Lisa Ekdal, Chris Wiesendanger, Herbie Kopf and others. He has played on many studio recordings of CDs. Apart from playing in concerts he writes music for film, theatre and dance projects.
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