Irène Schweizer is "Nightingale 2013"
The Swiss jazz pianist Irène Schweizer will receive the honorary award "Nachtigall 2013" at the German Record Critics' Awards (PdSK).
Irène Schweizer was born in Schaffhausen in 1941 - she has been the figurehead of Swiss jazz for almost half a century.
"Artistic and personal integrity, her friendly nature, her creative restlessness, her organizational talent, her versatility and her presence in the most diverse associations and of course, above all, her development as a pianist" made her one of the most exciting figures in jazz, writes the PdSK.
In 2011, she received an ovation from the audience at the Zurich Tonhalle, whose grand piano was opened up to jazz for the first time for her solo performance. In this concert, Irène Schweizer played compositions by others as well as her own.
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