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LISETTE SPINNLER
Born in 1976, raised in Wittinsburg, lives in Liestal. Played the piano at 10, at 17 voice lessons. Jazz studies at the Music Academy Basel (Sandy Patton and Susanne Abbuehl).1999 scholarship from the Friedl Wald Foundation, her first Award/Accolade (Jury member George Gruntz) first own band. 2001 winner of the Chrysler Jazz awards at the Montreux Jazz festival (Jury member Thierry Lang/Peter Schmidlin). 2003 the nomination of the Lisette Spinnler quartet for the ZKB finals in moods Zurich. Nomination for Suisse Diagonales Jazz. 2004 Kantonalbank prize from the Anniversary Foundation of the Baselland-schaftliche Kantonalbank. 2005 formation of the quintet Siawaloma with Colin Vallon, Patrice Moret, Alex Hendiksen and Michi Stulz. 2006 lecturer for majors at the Music Academy, Jazz Campus Basel. 2010 formation of the duo Stiefel-Spinnler, singing, piano-inspired vocals. 2014 resumption of Siawaloma as the Lisette Spinnler quartet with Stefan Aeby, Patrice Moret, Michi Stulz. 2016 specialist prize music des Kantons Baselland. Many tours and concerts locally and abroad including with the European Jazz Youth Orchestra, Cojazz, Braff-Oester-Rohrer. Theodosii Spassov, Domenic Landolf, Adrian Mears (Requiem op.48, der Berner Totentanz) Jorge Rossy, Banz Oester, Guest singer Manu Katché, Christoph Stiefel, Jean-Paul Brodbeck, Fabian Gisler, Guillermo Klein, Gregor Hilbe, Norbert Pfammatter, Tobias Backhaus, Henning Sieverts ...
1999
The Friedl Wald Foundation scholarship as the first award (Jury member George Gruntz)
First own quartet with Oliver Friedl (piano), Patrick Sommer (bass) and Andreas Hoerni (drums)
2000
Opening concert at the Jazz festival Off-Beat Basel, in the same program as Omara Portuondo, the singer from Buena Vista Social Club
2001
Winner of the Chrysler Jazz award at the Montreux Jazz Festival. (Jury members Thierry Lang/Peter Schmidlin)
2002
Jazzfestival Bern
2003
Swiss tour Suisse Diagonales Jazz with her quartet
Nomination of the Lisette Spinnler Quartet for the finals of the ZKB Jazz prize in Moods Zurich
Study week International Jazz meeting Finnland, Helsinki, Conductor/Musical direction Dave Leibmann
4-week tour of Europe with the European Jazz Youth Orchestra. Conductor/Musical director Bruno Tommaso
2004
Formation of the Siawaloma Quintet with Colin Vallon (piano), Alex Hendriksen (sax, flute), Patrice Moret (bass), and Michi Stulz (drums, percussion)
.Jazz Festival Bejazz Bern
2-week German tour with the «Dietkrons»
CD «In between» Lisette Spinnler Quartet in collaboration with Peter Bürli and MartinPearson (Radio DRS-2), released by TCB, Peter Schmidlin
Jazz Festival Off-Beat Basel
Kantonalbank prize from the anniversary foundation of the Baselland-schaftliche Kantonalbank
2005
Concert with Christine Lauterberg, Raphael Zehnder, the Bulgarian Kaval player, Theodosii Spassov and the chamber Orchestra Gabrovo. Conductor/Musical direction Ivan Stoyanov
6-month stay in West Africa, ghana and Burkina Faso
2006
CD «But Beautiful» (voice it) with Roland Köpplel (piano), Dave Feusi (sax), Michael Chylewski (bass) und Andreas Schnyder (drums)
Performances at «generations-International Jazz meet Frauenfeld» with Cojazz-Andy Scherrer (piano), Domenic Landolf (saxaphone), Stephan Kurmann (bass) and Peter Schmidlin (drums)
Start as lecturer at the Music Academy Basel, Jazz Campus Basel
3-month stay in South America, Peru and Bolivia with various concert performances
2007
Jazz festival Off-Beat Basel
CD «Djunsha» with the Daniel Woodtli Trio (Daniel Woodtlli, Nick Perrin and Lorenz Beyeler)
2008
Performance at «generations- International Jazz meet Frauenfeld» with Braff-Oester-Rohrer
2009
CD «Siawaloma» with the Lisette Spinnler Quintet, released by Material Records Wolfgang Muthspiel
Performance at «Stimmen» Festival Lörrach in the same programme as Lisa Sokolov and Melody Gardot
Performance at BR Munich, Germany
Performance Porgy and Bess Vienna, Austria
2010
Formation of the duo Stiefel-Spinnler, singing-piano inspired-vocals
2012
CD «Bima Sakti» duo Stiefel-Spinnler, released by Traumton Records Berlin (Germany)
joined Sascha Schönhaus Express (Sascha Schönhaus, Hans-Peter Pfammatter, Bänz Oester, Norbert Pfammatter)
2013
CD- release tour Germany /Switzerland duo Stiefel-Spinnler
2014
Live CD Schönhaus Express featuring Lisette Spinnler
Resumption of Siawaloma as Lisette Spinnler Quartet (Stefan Aeby, Patrice Moret, Michi Stulz)
Palatia Jazz Festival duo Stiefel-Spinnler
2015
Moldavia Jazz Festival duo Stiefel-Spinnler
2016
Concert tour duo Stiefel-Spinnler (All Blues Hiromi/Stanley Clarke)
Victoria Hall Geneva/Tonhalle Zurich/Stadtcasino Basel/Kulturcasino Bern
CD production Lisette Spinnler Quartet
Jazz Festival Schaffhausen Lisette Spinnler Quartet
Specialist prize Music of Kanton Basel-Landschaft
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Awards and Prizes
1999
Friedl Wald Foundation scholarship as first award (Jury member George Gruntz)
2001
Winner of the Chrysler Jazz Awards at the Montreux Jazz Festival (Jury member Thierry Lang/Peter Schmidlin)
2003
Nomination Lisette Spinnler Quartet for the finals of ZKB Jazz prize Moods Zurich
2003
Nomination for Suisse Diagonales Jazz
2004
Kantonalbank prize from the Anniversary Foundation of the Baselland-schaftliche Kantonalbank
2016
Specialist prize Music of Kanton Basel-Landschaft