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Ghost In The Cell is the project of Georgian-Swiss composer Demetre Gamsachurdia. It follows texts by the imprisoned activists Sam Melville and Merab Kostava, exploring freedom of the mind through or better in spite of incarceration. Musically it is a mostly improvised rendition of the minimal music piece ‘Coming Together’ by Frederic Rzewski. I am […]

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On Saturday 29th April we’ll be tearing down the roof of the Reithalle at Kaserne Basel! It is the first time my 17-piece Elfton Ensemble will play this big stage, made for a strong 400-people audience. I want to thank the great Jazzfestival Basel Offbeat & its CEO Urs Blindenbacher for the invitation and I

After two years waiting the tis jazz fest 2022 could finally take place at Atlantis club in Basel, and with it the long awaited premiere of the TIS JAZZ ORCHESTRA. I have created this new big band for two reasons: For one, to perform my own compositions for big band that have been starting to

I am honored to be one of the three recipients in the field of Jazz arts of the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg scholarship 2021. see all recipients

Over 20 years the Swiss Generations festival has brought together new talents with leading figures of the European Jazz Scene. In 2021, the festival is curated by the ingenious British pianist and composer Django Bates. I am quite excited to announce that I have been invited among four other composers to write an original piece

Hi everyone, these are some very uplifting news: Seibolzing has been chosen to perform at Alte Feuerwache Mannheim on Saturday, 16th of March among two other bands chosen to play for the “New German Jazz Price” in Mannheim. It’s going to be a great evening with ‘a lotta gooda music’ AND it’s a public vote,

Recently I’ve had the chance to visit my Tunisian friends for ten days of coffee, sheesha and the incredible variety of the Tunisian cuisine. Nevertheless my friend and long time Beyond Borders Band  collaborator Fadhel Boubaker pulled some strings and I was able to do a radio interview with Radio Tunis (RTCI) and also play

This band is so much fun! Still brand-new and fresh, The Tree Brothers is your next favourite group, promise. We’ve been in the studio with our own music and we can’t wait to put it out for you! Follow us on Facebook now so you won’t miss the first release. In the meantime have fun

I’ve been arranging songs by French, Italian, Swiss and German 20th century songwriters for a quartet of Yumi Ito – voice, Esther Sévérac – harp, Roberto Koch – double bass and myself on alto and soprano saxophone. We premiered on 7th February at Hotel Victoria in St. Moritz: La Lune Est Morte