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