Ingrid Jensen, Shems Bendali and Theo Croker are three of my favorite trumpet players. And they all play at the Langnau Jazz Nights this summer. After two years without this festival, I am happy that we can finally celebrate the 30th edition with these three trumpeters and many other great musicians. I am also looking […]
Thanks to JAZZ’N’MORE Magazine for the preview of the great Festival Of New Trumpet Music! I’ve been part of the team for a few years now and I’m very happy to be able to present my music this year as well. Usually at this time I was in New York, meeting a lot of people
Like every year at the end of April it‘s time for the international trade fair in Bremen, Germany. Last year the event, where musicians and professionals from all over the world meet, was unfortunately cancelled for obvious reasons. This year it takes place digitally for the most part. I‘ll be working for Swiss Music and
Over the past year, I have been working steadily on the redesign, development and maintenance of the new website of the renowned Swiss jazz magazine. The current version offers free access to the magazine’s archive from the last ten years (PDFs). An exciting resource for the development of jazz in the last decade. Have a
With some of the spare time during lockdown this year, I made a second website for all the work I do as an arts manager. Or let’s say, for everything except making music. This one is still my personal website, but check out www.cirquidmusic.com for everything I’ve done in the past in event management, fundraising,
Many festivals have been cancelled all around the world due to the pandemic and many concerts have been moved to the online world. This year’s Festival Of New Trumpet Music will also consist of live streams and will take advantage of the situation and show case even more trumpet music from around the world. Join
Just before all cancellations, we were able to hold the 13th edition of the Jazzwerkstatt in Bern. A gathering of many great people and musicians from many different corners of the world. Five days of fresh and totally diverse music. Very inspiring, as always. Here you can find some pictures I took and the daily
Match&Fuse is a European collective consisting of musicians and promoters. I’m part of the team in Switzerland. After our first festival in Zürich in 2017 and some events in east Asia in 2018, we organised the second festival in Switzerland featuring six acts during a two days at the Moods club in Zürich. Leading up