Bachelor Diplomkonzerte Jazz & Contemporary Music

19.30 Uhr

Lucas Castro
Slight Discomfort

The project should describe the slightly discomforting feeling you get when realizing you are living a mediocre  life that – if not for the exploitation of basically everyone else on this planet – would be even worse.
Floaty atmospheres over subtle beats help you sit with these thoughts and emotions until you gather Inspiration  to start change.

Enzo Franzetti (b), Valentin Leuenberger (keys), Anton  Martinez (keys), Lucas Castro (dr)

21.15 Uhr

Eliézer Nguinamau
Fusion

Mit viel Freude stelle ich euch mein Projekt Fusison vor. Wie offensichtlich kann man im Wort Fusion erkennen, was  die Musikrichtung Jazz Fusion darstellt. Das zweite Wort, mit dem es gemischt wurde, ist mein Spitzname Elison. Macht euch darauf gefasst, meine Elemente in der Musik-richtung in intensiver Art zu erleben.

tba

17.30 Uhr

Andrin Sperger
Blizzard Lizard

A wild blizzard lizard appears! 
It brings:
shimmering scales
ice-cold beats
a venomous fang
grandma’s home-cooked odd meters
a bag of snow
10-hour Jazz Hip Hop playlist
freeze-dried strawberries
the energy of 93,736 snowflakes

Damien Limat (sax), Anton Martinez (p), Luzi Niederhauser (b), Andrin Sperger (dr)

19.30 Uhr

Tia/Matthias Gurtner
Isopropanol
hiii

I am still looking for somebody to play synths and/or live electronics in my bachelor’s concert. Would you maybe  Maybe you are interested in playing in my band? I really enjoy what you are currently doing, and I think it could really fit  into my concept. My vision is to do an ambient, free improv, breakbeats, punk, electroacoustic, drones thing.
Currently, it’s with Danis on sax and guitar and Lennart on bass, and obviously, I am on drums.

Tia/Matthias Gurtner (dr, modular synth), Danis Kobilic  
(amplified sax, guit, feedback), Lennart Schandl (ebass + fx)

21.15 Uhr

Zoé Marti
Zoé’s Big Mess Ensemble
DIVERSITY

True to its name, the music is a joyful mess: an exploration of contrasts, where structure meets improvisation, and melodies twist into something entirely new.
IS
With every performance, the ensemble’s sound evolves,  reflecting both the individuality of each player and the shared journey they embark on together.
KEY
Zoé’s Big Mess Ensemble offers a musical experience that’s truly “all over the place,” in the best possible way.

Main band: Zoé Marti (composition, arrangement, dr), Serena Fux (voc), Lola Civantos (b, voc), Dams sax (tsax), Valentin Leuenberger (p)
Guests (voc): Jonas Lusti, Maëlle Slama, Maud Paquis,  Ernestine Mermet, Flurina Zehnder, Julia Mayer, N. N.

17.30 p.m.

Enzo Franzetti
‘Welcome, Imma show you what the *bip* is going on in my my head’

Enzo Franzetti (b), Lucas Castro (dr), Dan Nguyen (tp), Conor Buckley (guit), Valentin Leuenberger (p, keys), Lola Civantos (voc), Matthea Oberholzer (voc), Julia Mayer (voc)

19.30 Uhr

Marcel Maffli
Forfeit Huh

Openness and room for interpretation are key. Trying to explore new timbres for this project, Forfeit Huh will create a precise image of two grizzly bears fighting for territory on a grey shore in Alaska. But that’s only one example. Most importantly, I play with wonderful people who happen to  be great musicians and not the opposite, because this music needs above all strong human connections.

Sonya Chernysh (p), Mattia Fachini (sax), Matthias Gurtner (dr), Marcel Maffli (b)

21.15 Uhr

Mischa N’Cho
Duktus

Mischa N’Cho (guit), Damien Limat (ts), Anton Martinez (p), Till Santschi (b), Eneas Ugalde (dr)

19.30 Uhr

Mathias Karim Cacciabue
357’432 km

So weit ist der Junimond von der Erde entfernt.
Sanftes Licht, schillernde Gelassenheit und diffus orientali-sche Klänge.
Ein fragiles Gleichgewicht zwischen behaglich und seltsam, Bekanntem und Fremdem.
Eine subtile Kombination aus Flügelhorn und Bassklarinette mit dem Puls des Fretless-Basses und Drumset.
Es entsteht eine Klangwelt, in welcher die orientalischen Einflüsse nur vom Oud erleuchtet durch den dichten Bieler Nebel zu erahnen sind.

Mathias Karim Cacciabue (tp, flh), Mattia Faccini (bass cl), N. N. (oud), Sherine El Shwek (b), Matthias Gurtner (dr)

21.15Uhr

Danis Kobilic
buka šest

how to make noisy free improv music without being an elitist neoliberal apolitical loser????

Danis Kobilic (sax, voc, guit, harmonica), Matthias/Tia Gurtner (dr, modular), Lennart Schandl (b), Nuria Kräuchi (b), Basil Schreyer (dr), Camille Santacroce (voc, guit)

19.30 Uhr

Philip Kiefer

What I love most about the saxophone is that it serves as  an extension of my voice – a voice that is not limited to words but is primarily meant to evoke emotions that words alone cannot express.
The saxophone is my vehicle to connect my inner world directly with the outside world.
Combined with my own compositions, I strive to create  my very own, personal music.
I warmly invite you to join my quartet on a journey through my musical world.

Philip Kiefer 4tet: Philip Kiefer (ts), Sonya Chernysh (p),  Marcel Maffli (b), Damien Kuntz (dr)

21.15 Uhr

Damien Limat
Don Gorgon

Don Gorgon is not ‘just’ a musical performance. Damien defines his project as a spiritual journey, a ritual in which the audience takes part simply by being present and experi-encing the moment alongside the musicians. A moment of sharing, self-realization and serenity.

Damien Limat (ts), Anton Martinez (p), Benjamin Jaton (b), Louis Waeber (tp), Wolfgang Dolder (synth), Jo Mayasi (dr)

17.30 Uhr

Maud Paquis
Circé

Une épopée nous emmenant de la chasse aux sorcières jusqu’au mystérieux vol des goélands.

Maud Paquis (p, voc, composition), Robert Soltermann (t sax), Maurice Ruf (guit), Lennart Schandl (el b), Samuel Goupil (dr)

19.30 Uhr

Oskar Nolan

_ferrofluids picture a fusion of liquids and magnetic energy – flowing and reacting in response to invisible forces, creating unique and ever-changing forms and patterns_
ferrofluide is a Bern-based collective playing music they’d probably call ‘a fusion of bedroom free jazz and modernist jazz approaches to art pop, while always keeping a simplistic complexity.’
Inspired by artists like Thom Yorke, Nick Drake and impro- visers like Leif Berger and Sidsel Endresen, ferrofluide is always eager to experiment with new sounds and textures, and, like ferrofluids, creating a close relationship and interaction through their playing, resulting in ever so new patterns of music and sound perception.

Camilla Santacroce (voc, fx), Oskar Nolan (keys, synth, fx), Lennart Schandl (bass, fx), Maxence Nappez (extended dr)

21.15 Uhr

Anton Martinez
Asynchronous

Asynchronous is a word that captures that nagging feeling of being just slightly off or out of sync.
It’s the feeling of seeing people move and talk, their lives moving forward with a sense of purpose, while you’re caught in that liminal space, detached, watching it unfold from the outside. This music is the sound of that tension,  
of straining to fit in while knowing you’re a little bit apart. It’s rough, soft, comfortable, coarse – like the jagged edges of an idea that’s not fully formed but still somehow real, undeniable. A conversation, yes, but one that loops back on itself, endlessly, trying to reconcile the moments of close-ness and distance, the tenderness and the discomfort, like a thought you can’t quite finish but keep coming back to. There’s no resolution. Just the ongoing, unresolved dialogue between being part of the world and being not quite in it.

Anton Martinez (p), Florian Pfister (tp), Damien Limat (sax), Till Santschi (db), Simon Migy (dr)

19.30 Uhr

Sonya Chernysh
Waves of Change

This project is inspired by the changes that took place  during the last three years of my life since arriving in  Switzerland during the war. My music expresses what it  was like to cultivate new friendships and community as  well as immersing myself in creativity again – experiences that have left my soul filled with gratitude. Let this perfor-mance be both mine and your space for personal reflection, and let music be our guide.

Sonya Chernysh (p), Marcel Maffli (b), Damien Kuntz (dr)

21.15 Uhr

Michael Kessler
Michael Kessler’s 2074

High-paced technological progress is constantly transforming our daily lives, communication, and work environments. What will society and our democracies look like in 50 years from now? Will life be completely unrecognizable, or will it remain familiar but with subtle, eerie shifts? 2074 does musical future studies – encouraging visions.

Michael Kessler (p, comp), Paul Butscher (tp),  Marcel Maffli (b), Matthias Gurtner (dr)

17.30 Uhr

Lola Civantos 

¿Y ahora qué?
¿Y ahora qué? 
me pregunto
¿Que quiero de mi música?
…
¡Que contagiosa sea su energía!
¡Que suenen las voces!
¡Que me olvide del que será!
¡Que disfrute del momento!
¡Que me ría de misma!
¡Que lo suelte todo!
Y lo que no, que salga sin que yo me de cuenta …
Que vuelva a decir,
¿Y ahora qué?

Lola Civantos (voc, guit, looper), Valentin Leuenberger (keys), Zoé Marti (dr), Flavi (alto sax), Connor Buckley (guit), Enzo Franzetti (b)

19.30 Uhr

Julia Mayer
cyclic

right in front of me. right near me. almost tangible.  
I reach – I grasp – I stretch
but now farther away. and nearing still. dancing to me.  
I reach – I grasp – I stretch
a cycle evermore

Julia Mayer (voc), Anton Martinez (p, synth),  Fabian Volkers (b), Andrin Sperger (dr)

21.15 Uhr

Mathea Oberholzer

How can I return?  
How can I remain?
I’m still trying to figure out
what this life is all about.
Am I allowed
to let me go, slowly fade out?
And would you still be proud
of me?
Will I find beauty in the
while searching for my inner
nosedive
child?
How can I return?
How can I remain?

Mathea Oberholzer (voc, elec), Oskar Nolan (p, efx),  Andrin Sperger (dr)