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Paralog (CH)
Gabriel Zufferey, piano, Christoph Utzinger, double bass, Domi Chansorn, drums
From the new jazz generation of Switzerland, this trio goes in search of an ownlanguage, parallel, paralogous. Improvisation and thrill weave an impressive web onwhich landmarks and emancipations are fnding their own construction.
A music always at its full power, between the rousing harmonies of pianist fromGeneva Gabriel Zufferey, the fexible and audacious groove of drummer from BernDomi Chansorn and the solid architecture built by bassist from Emmental ChristophUtzinger.
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Gabriel Zufferey (p)
Gabriel Zufferey is just like his music : unique. When he touches the keys, we forgettime and space.
He began composing early, and prizes hailed ; « Best Newcomer » at the Martial SolalInternational Jazz Piano Competition, « Jury's Special Prize » at the Solo PianoCompetition in the Montreux Jazz Festival. « Thrilling Maturity », said of him ArnaudRobert, from the journal Le Temps, when he was only 16.
At 19, he recorded his frst album, Après l'Orage, with Daniel Humair and SebastienBoisseau. In 2010, Hear & Know is released, a live album with Ramon Lopez, SamuelBlaser and Patrice Moret. After two stays in New York, he records Contemplation, hisfrst solo album, highly praised by the New York City Jazz Record. Moreover, hisrecordings each get 4 stars in the Jazzmagazine-Jazzman.
The Republic and canton of Geneva and the City of Geneva are supporting GabrielZufferey with the Bourse dans le domaine des musiques actuelles for the years 2015 and2016, and particularly in his solo project and with the collective trio Paralog.
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Christoph Utzinger (b)Born in 1987 in Langnau, he grows up in a musicians' family. Autodidact at thedoublebass from the age of six, he takes lessons later with Thomas Dürst and WalterSchmocker.
Bachelor in doublebass at the High School of Arts in Bern in the jazz department ofThomas Dürst, Patrice Moret, Bela Szedlák and Jonas Tauber, he does his Master incomposition with Dieter Amman, Klaus Wagenleiter and Frank Sikora, and also insound engineering with Andreas Brüll, Andreas Werner and Andreas Neresheimer.
He plays in several bands, including Nicole Herzog - Stewy von Wattenwyl Group(jazz), Agorà (jazz), Menschmaschine (jazz), Morgain (irish folk).
In parallel to his musical career, he is also sound engineer, in particular for DomiChansorn, the Swiss Jazz Orchestra, Steff la Cheffe, Traktorkestar and Müslüm, orsome events as BeJazz Bern and Langnau Jazz Nights.
Likewise, he is composer and arranger for Molly Monster (cartoon series) and Sing mitUns (children's choir project).
Domi Chansorn (dm)He is a drummer, but also producer, sound engineer, and composer. Born in 1988,Domi Chansorn discovers the world of percussions from an early age.
At 14 years old, he wins a scholarship from the Schweizerischen Drummer–undPerkussionisten– Wettbewerb which sends him at the Collective School of Music inNew York. He takes the 2nd place at Drummer of Tomorrow in Frankfurt am Main. Hestudies classical music and keeps opening his mind for new styles, sounds and musicalworlds. He self-teaches guitare, electric bass and the piano.
After he graduates, he is entering the Swiss Jazz School in Bern, where he studieswith Dejan Terzic, Frank Sikora, Klaus König, Malcolm Braff and many otherrepresentatives of the european Jazz. In 2008 , he takes frst place at theSchweizerischen Drummer– und Perkussionisten–Wettbewerb and recieves an otherscholarship at the Collective School of Music where he plays and studies with IanFroman, Peter Retzlaff, Joe Fitzgerald, Steve Smith, Chris Coleman and many others.
In spring 2010, back in Switzerland, he is hired by swiss singer Sophie Hunger fortheir european tour in fall. Nowadays, he is touring with BOUNCE, Knackeboul, Bashand his own solo project.
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