CURRICULAM VITAE
Sarah Buechi
But the find of the evening was Buechi, So absolute was her command over the carnatic ragas that if you closed your eyes and you let your ears guide you, you would have wagered your fortune that she was a true-blue south Indian wrapped in a Kancheepuram saree. (Indian Express delhi)
February, 2012 Workshops and lessons with Jay Clayton, New York
January 2012 Tournee Switzerland with Swiss Indian Orchestra
January 24th /25th 2012 Leading a Workshop at the Jazz School Lucerne
October 14th/15th 2011 showcases at the OCFF, at the Niagara Falls, Buffalo, NY (Duo with Michael John, Canada)
October 6th 2011: Performance in National Concert Hall Dublin with Dave Liebman (USA) (+Trilogue)
August 2011: Studying in Ghana with Bernard Woma (Dagara Music Centre) for three weeks with support of the Irish Arts Council (Travel and Training Award).
August 2011: Helvetic Fiddlers und Sarah Büchi am Alpentöne Festival, Altdorf
July 2011: touring with Lehera in Canada (Vancouver Island Festival, Blue Balls Festival, Dancing Man Festival, etc.)
June 2011: Lupo plays at the gallery café and within the pop up circus in London
April 31 2011: Trilogue at Bray Jazzfestival, Ireland as opening band of Kurt Rosenwinkel
April 2011: Swiss Indian Orchestra Tour in Ireland including TV appearance.
March 2011: Interview on Art TV, Switzerland
February 2011: Concert with Steve Coleman and Five Elements at the Sons d`hiver Festival in Paris on 8th of February
September 2010: Formed a Konnakol Choir in Newpark Music Centre, Dublin performances: Kevin Barry Room on May 15th, Bang Festival, Dublin (August 21th).
August 2010: Received a travel and training award from the Arts Council Ireland to study in Paris under Médéric Collignon for one month and to compose a choral piece.
July 2010: Studied for one month with Steve Coleman (www.mbase.com) in New York City.
July 2010: Participated (active and passiv) in the IRSA (International Rhythmical Studies Association) Dublin.
August 2009: Commissioned to write a Konnakol piece for the `Jazzchor Freiburg` (Germany) (www.jazzchorfreiburg.de).
September 2008: Became the head of the vocal department at the Newpark Music Center in Dublin, Ireland.
March 2008-August 2008: Studied Carnatic Classical Music & Konnakkol with Smt. R.A. Ramamani & Vid. T.A.S. Mani in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
July 2007: Received degrees in both Pedagogy and Performance (Jazz school Lucerne) attaining distinctions in each.
October 2005-October 2006: Studied Carnatic Classical Music & Konnakkol with Smt. R.A. Ramamani & Vid. T.A.S. Mani in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
2002-2007: Studied Pedagogy and Performance at the University of Music (Jazz School) Lucerne, (Switzerland) with Lauren Newton, Susanne Abbuehl and Bruno Amstad.
2000-2002: Studied school music and choir conducting at the Music Academy Lucerne (MHSL).
2001: Conducted various projects with choirs and completed a choir conducting course achieving a certificate from MHSL.
2000: Graduated from high school with an award for her musical composition ‘The Four Elements’.
As a child learned to play the violin, the piano, singing and later the electric guitar.
Venues/festivals/TV/Radio
Switzerland:
Alpentoene Festival, Altdorf with the Helvetic Fiddlers, August 2011
THALi: (quintet): Schaffhauser Jazzfestival 2010, ZKB Price Concerts Moods Zurich 2010, Birdseye Basel 2007, Jazzclub Uster 2011, Gambrinus St. Gallen 2009, Jazzlake Wädenswil 2008.
Swiss Indian Orchestra: Bazillus Fest, Open Air, August 2009
Zoom, Carnatic Vibes: B-Jazz Sommer Festival` and QBUS Uster 2008.
Salesha three: Festival Jazzkantine Lucerne, September 2007.
Kenny Wollesen`s Street Band Project: Willisau Jazz festival 2007.
Salesha Four: Stimmenfestival Ettiswil 2004.
Peter Sigrist`s Sweg: Performed in the KKL (`Kultur- und Kongresszentrum`) in Lucerne 2003.
Interviewed in `Radio Chico` 2008 and Radio DRS2 in 2010.
Alpentoene Festival, Altdorf with the `Helvetic Fiddlers` in August 2011.
India:
Zoom, Carnatic Vibes: Delhi International Arts Festival 2008.
Chandana TV Channel: Performance for the New Year Festival Show 2008 on Doordarshan and a Carnatic Concert on August 24 2008.
TV channel Suvarna: Carnatic Concert on August 2, 2008.
Performed Carnatic Concerts at the 41st annual Music Festival of Karnataka College of Percussion in 2006, in the Yavanika State Youth Centre Bengaluru, organized by the organization ICCR in September 2006, at the ISKON Tempel with R.A. Ramamani as well as many others.
Ireland:
Trilogue: Collaboration with Dave Liebman in Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall, Dublin (2011), Opening Act for Kurt Rosenwinkel in Bray (2011), Hugh Lane Gallery January 2011, Wexford Arts Centre November 2010, Fringe Festival Dublin, September 2010, Kaleidoscope July 2010 among others.
LUPO: Kevin Barry Room at the National Concert Hall, Goethe Institute, Royal Hibernian Academy all in Dublin in 2010.
THALi: JJ` Smyth`s, Dublin, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, International Folk Arts Festival, Mayo 2010.
Short film `Life In the Day` by Ellen Cranitch with live music by Ronan Guilfoyle at the Pavillion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire, April 2010.
Swiss Indian Orchestra: Kevin Barry Room (NCH), Newpark Music Center (concert and workshops), etc.
Also performed with: Ronan Guilfoyle, Izumi Kimura, Sean Carpio, Conor Guilfoyle, Justin Carroll, Simon Jermyn, Mick Coady, Micheal Buckley, Joe O`Callaghan among others.
International tours:
Dec 2008: Tour in India with Zoom; Carnatic Vibes. (Delhi International Arts Festival a.o.)
Oct 2010: Cd release Tour in Switzerland with THALi.
July 2010: Tour in Dublin with LUPO.
March 2010: Tour in Switzerland with Zoom; Carnatic Vibes.
Feb 2010: Tour in Ireland with THALi.
July 2011: Tour in Canada with Lehera (Sunfest, Ontario, Blue Skies Festival, Ontario, Vancouver Island Festival, etc)
January 2012 Swiss Indian Orchestra tour in Switzerland
Recordings:
Swiss Indian Orchestra – For Tim (2010)
EP LUPO (Independent 2010)
EP LEHERA (unsigned 2010)
THALi; Vidya Mani (UNIT records 2010)
EP Sarah Bey (unsigned 2009)
Soundz of Lucerne (Altrisuoni 2007)