Suisa Jazz Prize goes to Heiri Känzig
The Fondation Suisa honors Heiri Känzig with its 2016 Jazz Prize. The Zurich musician is considered one of Europe's outstanding double bass players.
The Fondation Suisa Jazz Prize 2016, endowed with CHF 15,000, will be awarded to Heiri Känzig at a special matinée concert on Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 11 a.m. at Moods Zurich. Heiri Känzig will perform together with Chico Freeman and Thierry Lang, first as a duo and then as a trio.
Heiri Känzig was born in 1957 and grew up in Zurich and Weiningen. He studied music in Graz, Vienna and Zurich. He has lived in Meilen since 1990 and has been a professor of double bass at the Lucerne School of Music since 2002. The singer-songwriter Anna Känzig is his niece; a joint performance is planned for May 2017.
