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Sara Decker voc, Heidi Bayer flh/tp, Yuhan Su vib, Kaisa Mäensivu db, Mareike Wiening dr

Multi-layered songwriting in finely woven jazz garb. The multi-award-winning voice artist Sara Decker jumps light-footedly through the octaves with her bright and warm voice, carried by her top-class band. Expand signals the expansion of the band into a transatlantic quintet, walking between advanced pop and vocal jazz as skilfully as stylistically confident.

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Valeria Zangger dr/voc, Timo Keller synth/voc, Nikola Jan Gross sax/fx

For Valeria, tempo is much more than a pacemaker: it controls energy, changes perception and influences the emotional tension between stage and audience. In seven times seven minutes, improvised sound arcs are created, carried by pure joy of playing. The pieces grow slowly, make waves and invite the audience to experience the tempo and atmosphere directly.

Public rehearsal: JazzChurLabor with Valeria Zangger (CH) at 3.30 p.m.
Free admission, please make a reservation: www.jazzchur.ch/reservation/jcf25-labor-reservation/


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Björn Meyer eb

Björn Meyer invites you into his irresistible sound universe and enables a completely new approach to the electric bass guitar. Pulsating moods, unearthly sounds, Nordic-sounding folk songs, archaic-sounding hymns, energetic outbursts and minimal patterns merge into a bittersweet unity. Breathtaking and touching, Meyer brings the bass to life.

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Chiara Jacomet voc, Samir Rachide, tp/flgh, Maurice Storrer ts, Felix Geidel p, Paul Studer b, Aaron Leutenegger dr

The Abou Samra Quintet from Lucerne presents an energetic mixture of jazz, Arabic classical music and folk music. Own and newly interpreted works create a pulsating and touching atmosphere. The Rhaeto-Romanic guest singer Chiara Jacomet blends in elegantly with her powerful and dark-velvety voice; sometimes jazz diva, sometimes electropop muse or singer-songwriter.


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Gabriele Pezzoli p, Cédric Gysler db, Brian Quinn dr

The Gabriele Pezzoli Trio around the pianist of the same name from Lausanne plays their own compositions, complemented by selected pieces from contemporary jazz. The sound of the ensemble is shaped as much by the community within the band as by the individual expression of the three musicians. The trio has its fourth album "June", which will be released at the beginning of 2025, in its luggage.

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Olga Reznichenko p, Lorenz Heigenhuber db, Maximilian Stadtfeld dr

The trio - nominated for the German Jazz Prize in 2023 - plays with influences from classical modernism, minimalism and modern jazz. Intuitive approaches are combined with clear ideas about mood and timbre. Complex harmonic and rhythmic structures, subtle and powerful moments as well as melodic points of contact result in a personal aesthetic.

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Charlotte Lang sax, Olga Reznichenko p, Kaisa Mäensivu db, Mareike Wiening dr

The jam session allows professionals and amateurs alike to present themselves, try out new things and cultivate the fun and joy of playing together without much concert pressure. At the same time, they promote networking and dialogue on an artistic and interpersonal level. JazzChur also cultivates the long-standing jazz tradition - which can be experienced by musicians and audiences alike.

The house band opens the evening with a small concert. During the subsequent jam session, the members of the house band accompany the participating musicians or make room at their instruments.

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Andreas Schaerer voc, Kalle Kalima gtr, Luciano Biondini acc, Lucas Niggli dr

Anthems for the limitless - with this claim, the four have set to work to conceive a new album. Music that propagates the overcoming of territorial thinking, of borders, of egoism: not theoretical manifestos, but sensual, emotional music. The band doesn't just want to propagate freedom, it wants to experience it in music together with the audience.

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Ganesh Geymeier sax

Ganesh Geymeier is sometimes Coltrane (Alice and John), sometimes Lomax (Alan) and Bowles (Paul), sometimes Parker (Charlie or Evan) when he docks his saxophone to his backpack or to the memories archived on his laptop. Geymeier is a composer, companion, improviser and archivist who draws his strength from the refusal to pigeonhole the characteristics.

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Nicolò Ricci ts, Jesse Schilderink bs/ts, Alessandro Fongaro db, Sun-Mi Hong dr

Pietre (Steine) is the chordless quartet led by bassist Alessandro Fongaro, known for his work with Sun-Mi Hong, Ambergris and the Brainteaser Orchestra. Pietre is a cry to live again, to love again. The two saxophonists show an impressive range, carried by a closely intertwined interplay of double bass and drums.

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Josquin Rosset p, Vito Cadonau b, Patrick Manzzechi dr

The jam session allows professionals and amateurs alike to present themselves, try out new things and cultivate the fun and joy of playing together without much concert pressure. At the same time, they promote networking and dialogue on an artistic and interpersonal level. JazzChur also cultivates the long-standing jazz tradition - which can be experienced by musicians and audiences alike.

The house band opens the evening with a small concert. At the subsequent jam session, the members of the house band accompany the participating musicians or make room at their instruments.

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Gianna Lavarini sax, Anna Bläsi voc, Till Santschi bs, Jason Nordemann dr

The band around saxophonist Gianna Lavarini met at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and completes itself with Till Santschi on bass and Jason Nordemann on drums. The trio primarily plays original compositions by all members; sometimes groovy, sometimes melodious. The band plays its debut at the JazzChurFestival, reinforced by the Graubünden singer Anna Bläsi with her wonderful voice.

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Lea Maria Fries voc, Gauthier Toux p, Julien Herné bs, Antoine Paganotti dr

With "Cleo", Lea Maria Fries presents a contemporary and thematically highly topical work. The eleven compositions describe her personal journey and are an honest examination of the world and herself. Arranged by Julien Herné and illustrated by some of the finest musicians on the French jazz scene, the "Cleo" sounds sensitive, powerful, fresh and surprising.

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Ruth Goller eb/voc, Johannes Schleiermacher sax, fl, synth, Max Andrzejewski dr/synth/elec/voc

The duo "Training", which has been in existence since 2019, enters into a collaboration with the celebrated electric bassist Ruth Goller. The band collectively creates a new, energetic music: meandering grooves, instrumental-vocal nesting, expressive training sessions, weightless unison melodies – created with the help of the composition method "Cadavre Exquis".

Gaudy songs, lots of fun and colourful hustle and bustle – the most famous girl with the red braids is celebrating her birthday! Pippi and her friends will return to the Swiss stages again from October 2025.

For her birthday, Pippi has invited her friends Tommy and Annika. Together they experience shipwreck, search for ghosts in the attic of Villa Villekulla and eat the world's very best birthday cake. But what do the two crooks Blom and Donner-Karlsson want? Wishing Pippi a happy birthday? Or maybe steal Pippi's suitcase with gold coins?

A colourful, exciting stage spectacle with great music and fabulous performers. Great fun for young and old, wonderfully staged by Brigitt Maag.

Information at: www.coopkindermusicals.ch
Story: Astrid Lindgren, Written & Directed by Brigitt Maag
Language: Dialect
Duration: approx. 70 minutes (without intermission)
Age: recommended from approx. 5 years
Production and organizer: bybalzer

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Pippi celebrates her birthday - The musical for young and old

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Benefit under "Special Promotion" with Hello Family & Supercard!

Divine service with Käthy Heitz

Divine service with Pastor Christian Herrmann

Divine service with Jörg Büchel

The Petra Börnerová Trio is a Czech-Slovak family ensemble that combines folk, blues, Americana and roots music with an unmistakable acoustic sound. The trio is led by Czech singer and accordionist Petra Börnerová and accompanied by her husband, Slovakian musician Tomáš Bobek Bobrovniczký, on acoustic and resonator guitar and her son Tomáš Bobrovniczký Jr. on drums. The group is known for its heartfelt performances and intimate, high-quality music.

Give Me A Sign was released in August 2024 and is the trio's third album recorded with Ukrainian double bassist Taras Voloschuk (formerly of Čechomor). The album contains 13 tracks, including original compositions by Petra and cover versions of classics such as "Hound Dog" and "No Expectations" by the Rolling Stones. The music encompasses blues, folk, Americana and country and shows the trio's versatility and maturity.


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"Revolution of Love"
Giora Feidman Duo

In 2025, Maestro Giora Feidman continues to be powerfully and empathetically committed to a world without weapons and borders. On his current tour "Revolution of Love", the internationally renowned clarinetist and peace ambassador appeals for peaceful coexistence as well as for more love and harmony. In the approximately two-hour concert program, the audience will experience a fireworks display of traditional klezmer as well as masterpieces of tango music and selected compositions from the current CDs, composed by Majid Montazer. At the unforgettable concert, the musicians accompany the audience on a journey into the world of sacred and secular music.

This program continues Giora Feidman's artistic work and goes far beyond the musical dimension. With "Revolution of Love", Feidman pursues the goal of spreading not only sounds, but also the transformative message of love. This revolution is intended to touch the listeners emotionally and initiate a journey full of hope and connection. Giora Feidman and the various ensembles that will accompany him throughout the tour are looking forward to these unique concerts and firmly believe that music is a powerful force that unites people and can bring about change – a true "revolution of love" through music.

Giora Feidman, winner of several Klassik-Echos, uses his clarinet to communicate through music and share his message. His sound is changeable, passionate and emotional, but also sensual and earthy. The "King of Klezmer" and interpreter of the Oscar-winning film music of Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List" offers his listeners an extraordinary experience at his concerts. He also appeared in the German films "Jenseits der Stille" by Caroline Link and "Comedian Harmonists" (1997) by Joseph Vilsmaier.

Feidman has already been honoured for his commitment to peace and his services to reconciliation between peoples. He received the International Bridge Prize for his contribution to international understanding in Europe and the Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his commitment to reconciliation between Jews and Germans.

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Giora Feidman