Isa Wiss honored in Lucerne
For the third time, the Lucerne Jazz School Association, which laid the foundations for jazz training at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, is awarding a prize. This year's award, worth CHF 10,000, goes to vocal artist and improviser Isa Wiss.
Born in 1978, Isa Wiss graduated from Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in 2005 with a Master's degree in music education. For some years now, her creative focus has increasingly been on stage and musical-literary projects.
Isa Wiss is co-founder of Mullbau, the space for improvised music. She worked as a curator at the migma performance days in Lucerne until 2017. She also carries out educational work with specific projects for children. The Lucerne Jazz Prize 2017 will be presented to her on Monday, December 18 at the Jazzkantine Lucerne.
The Lucerne Jazz Prize is awarded every two to three years to an innovative and creative project, an organization, a label, a band or an individual musician with a connection to the Lucerne region. The previous winners were the Willisau Jazz Festival (2012) and the Fischermanns Orchestra (2014).
