For this year’s Mother’s Day Gala in the Hotel Schweizerhof Bern & Spa, we present Cyrille Aimée.
Cyrille Aimée, voc
Laurent Coulondre, p
Lex Warshawsky, b
Yonatan Rosen, dr
Improvisation is not just a technique for Grammy nominated artist Cyrille Aimée, it’s a way of life, one that has not only allowed her to share her engaging voice and sparkling creativity with the world, but has led her on an unexpected journey. By opening herself to the whim of the moment, Aimée has ventured from singing on street corners in Europe to dazzling audiences at some of the world’s most prestigious jazz festivals; from sneaking out to sing in gypsy encampments in her native France to acting on Broadway; from braving the notoriously tough audiences at New York’s Apollo Theatre to being hailed by The Wall Street Journal as "one of the most promising jazz singers of her generation" and called a “rising star in the galaxy of jazz singers” by the New York Times. It was the idea and unlimited potential of improvisation that set Aimée on her course, and the desire to pursue that in-the-moment creation inevitably led her to jazz. She spent her teen years performing in the cafés and clubs of Paris, then attended the American School of Modern Music there. Aimée was soon drawn to the U.S. She honed her skills through weekly gigs at a Soho restaurant and at Birdland Jazz Club; during that time she also became a regular at Smalls Jazz Club in Greenwich Village. At the famed Montreux Jazz Festival in 2007, Aimée entered and won the vocal competition. It was the first of many such accolades to come, including winning the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition and becoming a finalist in the Thelonious Monk Jazz Vocal Competition. Since 2008, Cyrille has released 6 albums and had recorded and/or played with musicians like Diego Figueiredo, Roy Hargrove, the Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Michael Valeanu, Adrien Moignard, and many others. After more than a decade in New York City Cyrille has embarked on a new chapter in New Orleans. She’s also focusing more intently than ever before on her own songwriting, taking her music in fresh new directions.
Concerts
Sun. 08.05.2022
5:00 p.m.
(Doors 4:30 p.m.)
Venue
Hotel Schweizerhof & Spa
Admission
First Category CHF 68.-
Second Category CHF 48.–