The summer has been as bad as it has been for all my colleague musicians, with concerts in Romania, France and Switzerland cancelled. Looking forward to return to live concerts Continue reading →

Just a quick note to let you know this space is still inhabited, and as soon as I can, I will write again. Since this year, I am back in Continue reading →

Between starting my work as head of the institute for jazz and folk at Lucerne University of Sciences and Arts in March 2019, being involved with AEC’s Jazz and Pop Continue reading →

Everything has a beginning, and this will be the very first time I am including dance in one of my projects. I saw Sun-a Lee perform in a choreography by Continue reading →

I’ve taken so long for a little update… there was lots of work and more coming up. A very special day happened last Sunday in Paris, where I won the Continue reading →

I’ve been singing with French pianist Stephan Oliva since 2000, doing a few concerts per year, mostly playing duo. These concerts have always been special to me, they felt like fleeting Continue reading →

Steps, always. Sorry to have left this space unattended for so long. My students have convinced me that 2016 should be the year that I am joining Facebook. So after Continue reading →

Back from China and Japan – oh my, two countries I travelled to for the very first time, discovery!  – we will play a last concert before taking a break Continue reading →

What I might enjoy most of all about working in music, in the arts, is the process of ideas shaping into more concrete things (compositions, records…). The creative process. I Continue reading →

I have written before about my love and appreciation for my teachers, and also about my thankfulness to fellow musicians and ECM producer Manfred Eicher. During my career, I have received Continue reading →

Still my favourite voice in jazz, and a genre-defying artist, so deep and rich. I miss Jeanne Lee these days.  I think I love just about everything she did. Her Continue reading →

Und jedem Anfang wohnt ein Zauber inne, der uns beschützt und der uns hilft, zu leben.  (from Hermann Hesse’s poem “Stufen”) Happy New Year! It is so wonderful to start. My 2015 Continue reading →