City of Biel sponsors Caroline Alves
From 2024 to 2026, the city of Biel will support five artists in their career development, including singer and composer Caroline Alves.
Self-taught Biel musician, composer and singer with Brazilian roots Caroline Alves has developed her own sound, a mixture of electropop, soul and jazz. Following the release of her first album "Moonlight", she won the "Best Talent" award at the 2021 Swiss Music Awards. She has performed on numerous stages, including at the Montreux Jazz Festival, the Gurtenfestival and in summer 2023 as the support act for the band Coldplay at Zurich's Letzigrund stadium. Over the next two years, she will be devoting herself to completing and promoting her second album.
Mor Dovrat (stage art), Céline Ducrot (visual arts), Simon Beuret (comics) and Philippe Wicht (stage art and music) also receive support. The aim is to support promising professional artists at crucial moments in their careers. Support is provided in the form of two-year performance contracts. During this time, the artists receive a grant of between CHF 20,000 and CHF 40,000 to enable them to devote themselves to their artistic work.
