Swiss jazz musicians at London festival
Supported by Pro Helvetia, the Swiss-Estonian pianist Ingrid Lukas will perform on October 28 as part of the "Match & Fuse" festival in London, followed by the Geneva formation Massicot and the harpist Julie Campiche.
As the name suggests, the "Match & Fuse" festival aims to connect the young European jazz scene and act as a springboard for bands. Supported by Pro Helvetia, Ingrid Lukas will be performing at the festival on October 28, followed by the Geneva formation Massicot. The following day, harpist Julie Campiche will demonstrate the dimensions of her instrument at the hip Café Oto.
Born in 1984, Ingrid Lukas came to Switzerland, to Winterthur, with her mother in 1994. She graduated from the jazz department of the ZHdK in Zurich. She combines urban beats and the Estonian regilaul singing tradition with modern songs. She composes "musical mantras to keep herself consistently on her own path".
In their own words, the Geneva quartet Massicot cultivates a "straightforward, bone-dry guitar sound that oscillates between hypnotic, repetitive passages and noisy outbursts". Julie Campiche was the first harpist to earn a bachelor's degree in jazz at the Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne (HEMU). She is constantly reinventing her instrument. She has completed her sound palette with electronic effects and thus developed a very personal language.
