Corin Curschellas (; born 2 July 1956) is a Swiss singer-songwriter, vocalist (

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, world music,

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, actress (theatre, film, musical), voice actress in (

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and

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) as well as voice instructress.Official Website
of Corin Curschellas, as of 20. März 2014

Biography

Curschellas was born in 1956 in Chur ( Graubünden, Switzerland where she grew up. She attended the local state school in Chur,

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, and completed her studies in 1977 with a Primary Teacher's Certificate. From 1977 to 1983 she studied theatre and

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at the

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as well as three semesters of Music Sciences at the

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. From 1983 until 1989 Curschellas lived in

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, followed by two years in

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. A grant she received enabled her to move to Paris in 1991, where she ended up living until 2000, with a two-year break she spent in New York City from 1995 to 1997. Between 2000 and 2005 she alternated between Paris and Zürich. The song "Senza patria", "Homeless" in English, stems from this rather eventful period in her life. Since 2005 the artist has lived in Zürich and in the Surselvan

Rueun Rueun is a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Rueun, Castrisch, Ilanz, Ladir, Luven, Pitasch, Riein, Ruschein, Schnaus, Sevgein, Duv ...

about 30 kilometers outside of Chur. In Rueun she lives together with her life partner, the sculptor

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vom 3. Mai 2012: ''Corin Curschellas conta ord il cor dils Grischuns''. Corin Curschellas' actual mother tongue is the

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dialect. Although from her father she learnt to speak near-perfect Surselvan, she does not herself write any Graubünden Romansh songs. However, she does sing the lyrics and songs of Romansh writers in full Romansh

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, including Graubünden Rumansh.Sendung
''Corin Curschellas e sia amur per la chanzun rumantscha'' des Rätoromanischen Fernsehens vom 19. Mai 2013. Speaking of her increased connection to her Romansh roots and her return to Rueun, Corin Curschellas says:

Work

Song

Corin Curschellas music covers different

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s: Jazz, Folk, Chanson, World Music,

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, Musical improvisation. She refers to herself ironically as a "sound medium"(Tonträgerin). Corin Curschellas mostly sings in the

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, Swiss German and English, though also in

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, French or Italian, and even in

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. From 1977 to 1983 Corin Curschellas worked together with Walter Lietha, where they produced albums like "Die Fahrenda" (The Travellers) or "Liebi Schwiizer guet Nacht" (Goodnight, dear Swiss). From 1993 to 1997, Corin Curschellas was lead singer for the "

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". She toured with this Orchestra once again in 2009. Thereafter Corin Curschellas worked on productions with Peter Scherer, a noted musician, producer and composer for film and dance,

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Andreas Vollenweider Andreas Vollenweider (born 4 October 1953) is a Swiss harpist. He is generally categorised as a new-age musician and uses a modified electroacoustic harp of his own design. He has worked with Bobby McFerrin, Carly Simon, Luciano Pavarotti and i ...

, Max Lässer ('' Überlandorchester''),

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, Heiri Känzig,

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, Hélène Labarrière and Yves Robert. With

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, Christophe Minck and

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she was for certain periods a full member of their Jazz and Improvisation band ''The Recyclers''. She brought out eight albums containing her own songs and realized numerous personal musical projects. A selection of these follows in chronological order. * With the ''Musiciens du Nil'',

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und Fritz Hauser she toured

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in 1999. * With guitarist

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, bass player

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and Drummer Steve Argüelles she worked between 1991 and 1995 on a Jimi Hendrix Project entitled ''«Are You Experienced?»'' at numerous festivals throughout Europe, North Africa und

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. * 1992 while in Paris, Corin Curschellas wrote the song ''La pura'' (English "The Farming Woman"), based on the poem of that name by the Swiss priest/poet Gion Cadieli. She combines the language of the traditional theme and alpine text with foreign, Moroccan tones. At the time, the song figured in the program "Hot Rotation" of the Swiss national television station

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. * Her first large World music project ''Sud des Alpes'' originated in 2000: in this collaboration with the Senegalese

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and Abdou Samb Corin Curschellas combines Swiss folk music tradition with the sounds and rhythms of Senegal and even with the Senegalese language Wolof. The song ''La pura'' finds new expression within this project. * Also in 2000 the World Music project ''Global Vocal Meeting'' with Corin Curschellas,

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(

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), Rinde Eckert (United States), Mónika «Mitsou» Juhász Miczura (Hungary),

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(India) and

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(

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), came about during the "Stimmen-Festival", the Voice Festival of

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. It premiered in Lörrach and was followed by a tour through Europe and the United States. * From 2001 onwards, together with

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and Walter Lietha, she sings Swiss German folk song arrangements in the bands, ''Echo'' und ''Doppelbock''. * In 2004 she performed together with the Jazz pianist Vera Kappeler at the Schauspielhaus Zürich (Zürich state theater) in the "Pfauen-Matinée" of Werner Wollenberger, and with

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and Peter Herbert she toured Austria under the name "Wir 4 " (English: "The Four of Us") in 2005. * With the Turkish-German singer

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she founded a global New Year's song project in 2005. * In her Album ''Grischunit'' of 2008 she sings in Romansh and is accompanied by

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, Peter Scherer,

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and Matt Johnson. Intriguingly, the recording took place in New York City, far from rural Romansh-speaking areas of Switzerland.

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vom 13. August 2008: ''Corin Curschellas: Grischunit'' Die lyrics are by Linard Bardill, Benedetto Vigne, Ann Dee, Thomas Cathomen,

Arno Camenisch Arno Camenisch (born 1 February 1978 in the village of Tavanasa in the Swiss Canton Grisons) is a Swiss writer publishing in German and Romansh. Biography Camenisch grew up in Tavanasa and moved to Chur to study at a teacher training college ...

and Corin Curschellas herself. The Album's name refers to a rare mineral, Grishunite belonging to the Wicksites, which occurs only in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. * In the Album ''La Grischa'', 2012 Corin Curschellas, together with Albin Brun, Patricia Draeger and Claudio Strebel presents a collection of old Romansh folk songs, with an outlandish assortment of instruments:

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/ Accordion,

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and Double bass. * The Album ''Origins (trad.)'' of 2014 also brings old Romansh traditional songs back to public awareness. It is a co-production between the violinist Andi Gabriel and the folk musicians of the group "Pflanzplätz". Ursina Giger and Astrid Alexandre appear as guest artists.

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vom 13. Januar 2014: ''Bündner Lieder in fünf Dialekten, die kaum jemand im Publikum verstand''. (English: "Songs of Graubünden in five dialects that hardly anyone in the audience understood.") * On 14 August 2015, a performance together with the

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Trio ''Ganes'', as well as Patricia Draeger and Barbara Gisler premiered at the Alpentöne-Festival in Altdorf.

Instrumental Music

Corin Curschellas is a Multi-instrumentalist: She plays Piano,

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, Indian Harmonium,

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and

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s, Percussion and

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besides the Accordion.

Musical Ethnography

A good part of Corin Curschellas’ musical work has an

ethnographic Ethnography (from Greek ''ethnos'' "folk, people, nation" and ''grapho'' "I write") is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. Ethnography explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject o ...

aspect. She collects excerpts of Romansh cultural heritage – in the case of "Origins (trad)" she used the archive "Alfons Maissen" from the 1930s. She makes these texts known through her albums and concerts and the songbook "La Grischa" that she is working on. The book "La Grischa" contains, besides the lyrics and harmonies to the songs in the albums "La Grischa" and Origins (trad.)", much ethnographical musical information by Iso Albin. This ethnographical engagement has caused her to become known as the "Grande Dame of contemporary and traditional Romansh Song" . At the same time Corin Curschellas distances herself from Pop-style Alpine Folklore. The concert project “Suisse Miniature” forms part of the same theme. The project was born out of one of the “Convivenza-Events” of

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in the year 2010. By 2013, a collection of songs in the three original languages of Graubünden,

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, Italian and Romansh had come about. The name of the project refers to the Open Air Theatre "Suisse Miniature" in

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on the one hand and on the other the fact that the Canton Graubünden represents both culturally and linguistically a kind of Switzerland in miniature. With ''La Pura'' in 1992 her first concern with ethnographic issues lies quite far back in the past. However, Corin Curschellas sees in it a biographical connection. (English: the older I become, the greater the affinity for the traditional songs.)

Solo Programs

Corin Curschellas started to do solo performances in 2005: * 2005: ''endlICH'' (''«Sola!»'') (English (approx.): I at last) * 2005: ''Mono'' (''«Sechs Instrumente, sechs Sprachen und eine Filmebene»'') (English: Six Instruments, six languages and a film plane") * 2010: ''Pomp auf Pump'' (''«Ein dramatisch-musikalischer Abgesang»'')(English: "Pump the Pomp" a musical-dramatic aftersong) * 2011: ''Wittern und twittern'' (''«Gesänge aus einem humanoiden Bestiarium»'')(English: "Sniffing and Chirping" ("Songs from a humanoid menagerie") ) From the program ''Mono'' comes Corin Curschellas’ musical rendition of the Canzun de Sontga Margriata (English: Song of Saint Margaret), one of the oldest Romansh texts in existence. The song tells how St. Margaret, who has dressed up as an alpine dairyman, works on the Alp, but by accident her disguise is unexpectedly revealed. Corin Curschellas interprets the song in the context of nature conservation and sustainability.

Composition

Corin Curschellas produced her first substantial composition in 1979/1980 while she was still studying. It was a theatrical composition for the play ''Woman'' by

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at the National Theatre in Zürich –

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, directed by

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. In 2003 Corin Curschellas composed the music for the TV drama, ''Marilyn'' by

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together with Christian Rösli In 2014 she worked on the cultural-political project "Uccelin – eine Singvogel Suite" (Uccelin – a Songbird Suite). Die Suite pays Hommage to and supports the art project «Uccellin» (English ''Little Bird'') of the Chur artist

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. The content deals with children's

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s and the political theme is the influence of politics on art. Besides this, Corin Curschellas composes songs for

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(for example the award-winning ''Jeudi amour'', 1998), and previously for Vera Kaa und

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Theatre

Corin Curschellas has acted, amongst others, in the following productions: * 1983 ''Nur Stammtische werden überleben'' (English (approximate) "Only meetings at the local pub will survive." (Director

Christoph Marthaler Christoph Marthaler (born 17 October 1951, in Erlenbach, Switzerland) is a Swiss director and musician, working in the style of avant-garde theater, such as Expressionism and Dada, a theater of the absurd elements. In 1998, he was awarded the IV ...

) * 1986 ''Das Damenorchester'' (The Women's Orchestra) by

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(Berliner Festspiele) * 1987 – 1989 ''The Forest'' (Direction: Robert Wilson,

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Berlin and BAM Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York) * 1989 ''Soldaten, Serviertöchter und ihre Lieder'' (Soldiers, Waitresses and their Songs) (

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, Director Christoph Marthaler) * 1990 ''Allerlei Rausch'' (All Manner of Intoxication) at the Theater Marie in Aarau, Freie Theatergruppe M.A.R.I.A, Director:

Wolfram Berger Wolfram Berger (born 12 October 1945 in Graz) is an Austrian actor. Selected filmography * ''Assassination in Davos'' (1975) * ''General Sutter ''General Sutter'' is a 1999 Swiss historical film directed by Benny Fasnacht and starring Wer ...

) * 1992 ''Stägeli uuf, Stägeli ab'' (Upstairs and Downstairs) (Theater Basel, Director Christoph Marthaler) * 1998/1999 ''Do Chinese Postmen ring twice too?'' (Director: Hans Peter Litscher, Music: Christian Marclay, Wiener Festspiele und Knitting Factory NYC) * 2000 ''Hotel Angst'' (Hotel of Fear) (Schauspielhaus Zürich, Director Christoph Marthaler) * 2003 ''Der Messias'' (Schauspielhaus Zürich, Director: Nicola Weisse) * 2003 ''Die schöne Müllerin'' (The Beautiful Miller's Daughter) (Wiener Festpiele/Schauspielhaus Zürich, Director Christoph Marthaler) * 2003 ''Das goldene Zeitalter'' (The Golden Age) (Schauspielhaus Zürich, Direction: Christoph Marthaler, Stefan Pucher,

Meg Stuart Meg Stuart (born 1965 in New Orleans) is an American choreographer and dancer who lives and works in Brussels and Berlin. Her company, Damaged Goods, operates from Brussels since 1994. Start as a dancer and choreographer Stuart moved to New York ...

) * 2004 ''Tschechows drei entfernte Cousinen'' (Chekhov's Three Distant Cousins) at the

Theater am Neumarkt The Theater am Neumarkt ( en, Theater at Neumarkt) or by its present official name Theater Neumarkt is a theatre in the German-speaking Switzerland situated at Neumarkt, Zürich. It is part of the building complex '' Bilgeriturm''–Neumarkt and al ...

in Zürich. In 2006 und 2007 Corin Curschellas played the part of ''Frau Rossi'' in the Musical ''

Die schwarzen Brüder ''Die schwarzen Brüder'' ( en, The Black Brothers) is the best-known story of German-Swyss writers Lisa Tetzner and Kurt Held. Plot introduction The book was published in two volumes between 1940 and 1941, and tells the fact-based story of ''G ...

'' (The Black Brothers) 2008 she acted in the Musical ''Elternabend'' (Parent's Evening) at the

Theater am Hechtplatz The Theater am Hechtplatz is a theatre in the German-speaking Switzerland situated at Limmatquai in Zürich. Founded in 1959 as a Cabaret, it's owned and provided by the government of the city of Zürich. History To give a solid performance venu ...

Radio Plays

In 2008 Corin Curschellas played in the series

Jimmy Flitz Jimmy may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Jimmy'' (2008 film), a 2008 Hindi thriller directed by Raj N. Sippy * ''Jimmy'' (1979 film), a 1979 Indian Malayalam film directed by Melattoor Ravi Varma * ''Jimmy'' (2013 f ...

Roland Zoss Roland Zoss (born 2 August 1961) is a songwriter and novelist. He studied anthropology and literature in Bern and Avignon. He lives in the Aeolian Islands Songwriter and novelist Roland Zoss started his early songwriter career in the late 1970s in ...

, where she spoke the part of ''Tigerfliege'' (Tigerfly) and sang. In 2009 she performed as speaker and singer in Fritz Hauser's radio play ''Am Rande des Horizonts'' (On the Edge of the Horizon). In 2012 she played in the radio play ''Ustrinkata'' of Arno Camenisch

SRF 1 SRF 1 (''SRF eins'') is a German-language Swiss television channel, one of three produced by the SRG SSR public-service broadcasting group (the others being SRF zwei and SRF info). The channel, formerly known as SF1, was renamed on 16 Decem ...

in a role as speaker.

Film

In 2007 Corin Curschellas acted in the Film ''

Marmorera Marmorera (german: Marmels) is a village and former municipality in the Sursés in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Bivio, Cunter, Marmorera, Mulegns, Riom-Parson ...

''.

Education

During her days in Berlin, Corin Curschellas taught at the Musikschule

Kreuzberg Kreuzberg () is a district of Berlin, Germany. It is part of the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough located south of Mitte. During the Cold War era, it was one of the poorest areas of West Berlin, but since German reunification in 1990 it ha ...

. She has, from time to time, worked as guest lecturer at the

and at the

Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (german: Hochschule Luzern) (HSLU) is one of seven regional, public-funded universities of applied sciences founded in 1997 in its current form. The University was called University of Applied Scienc ...

Awards and honors

* 1991: «Atelier Paris» der GSMBA (today visarte), Bursary of the Canton Graubünden * 1993: Prize of the Canton Graubünden * 1998: Contest for professional cultural work Canton GraubündenOffizielle Seite
des Wettbewerbs für professionelles Kulturschaffen des Kantons Graubünden, aufgerufen am 20. März 2014 * 1999: Composition commission of the

Pro Helvetia The foundation Pro Helvetia is a public foundation of Switzerland. Presidents *From 1939 to 1943, Heinrich Häberlin. *From 1944 to 1952, Paul Lachenal. *From 1952 to 1964, Jean-Rodolphe de Salis. *From 1965 to 1970, Michael Stettler. *From 19 ...

Trust * 2003: Contest for professional cultural work of the Canton Graubünden * 2003: «Prix Eliette» of

Eliette von Karajan Eliette von Karajan (née Mouret; born 13 August 1939) is a former French fashion model who was discovered by Christian Dior when she was 18. She came to wider prominence as the wife of the conductor Herbert von Karajan. As a widow, she has esta ...

* 2005: Musical Award of the «Fondation Suisa», a foundation of the

SUISA Suisa is a village in the Tunturi-Suisa panchayat in the Baghmundi CD block in the Jhalda subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Suisa is located at . Suisa is situated at a distance of about ...

* 2005: Award from the city of Chur * 2010: Award of the organization for cultural promotion of the Canton Graubünden * 2014: Nominated for the Swiss Music Award 2014 of the Bundesamt für Kultur (Federal Department for Culture) * 2018: Canton Grisons Culture Prize 2018 awarded by the Government of the Canton Graubünden, Switzerlandmedia release
Bündner Tagblatt, page 13 19 January 2018

Discography

Corin Curschellas has produced eight personal albums since: * 1992 ''Music Loves Me'', with Steve Argüelles (Producer), Max Lässer,

Django Bates Django Bates (born Leon Bates, 2 October 1960) is a British jazz musician, composer, multi-instrumentalist, band leader and educator. He plays the piano, keyboards and the tenor horn. Bates has been described as "one of the most talented musici ...

, Pat Bettison,

Mike Mondesir Mike may refer to: Animals * Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum * Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off * Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and documenta ...

, Steve Watts, Christy Doran,

Tony Coe Anthony George Coe (born 29 November 1934) is an English jazz musician who plays clarinet, bass clarinet, flute as well as soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones. Career Born in Canterbury, Kent, England, Coe started out on clarinet and was self- ...

, Roland van Straaten, Alban Früh,

Uli Scherer Uli may refer to: *Uli, Iran, a village *Uli, Anambra, a town in Nigeria * Uli I of Mali *Uli (design), by the Igbo people of Nigeria * Uli figure, from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea * Uli (food), a rice-based food * ISO 639 code for the Ulithian l ...

, Fritz Hauser, Hans Kennel * 1995 ''Rappa Nomada'', with Django Bates, Peter Scherer, Steve Argüelles (Producer),

Cyro Baptista Cyro Baptista (born December 23, 1950) is a Brazilian percussionist in jazz and world music. He creates many of the percussion instruments he plays. Career Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Baptista arrived in the U.S. in 1980 with a scholarship to ...

Lionel D Lionel Eguienta (December 23, 1961 – February 26, 2020), known by the stage name Lionel D, was a French radio host and rapper. Although he released only one album (''Y'A Pas De Problème''; Squatt/Sony) in 1990 and three extended plays, he w ...

Ashley Slater Ashley Slater (born 1961) is a British trombone player and best known for his narration on the television series Boo! as well as his work with Norman Cook (a.k.a. Fatboy Slim) in the band Freak Power. Career In 1983 after leaving the army, Sl ...

Lucky Ranku Lucky may refer to: *An adjective of luck Lucky may also refer to: Film and television * '' Lucky: No Time for Love'', a 2005 Hindi-language romance starring Salman Khan, Sneha Ullal, and Mithun Chakraborty * ''Lucky'', a 2005 short film by A ...

, Mike Mondesir, Max Lässer, Benoit Delbecq, Noël Akchoté, Alex Balanescu Quartet and others. Lyrics: Corin Curschellas, Hugo von Hoffmansthal,

Gian Fontana Gian is a masculine Italian given name. It is a variant of Gianni and is likewise used as a diminutive of Giovanni, the Italian form of John. In Italian, any name including Giovanni can be contracted to Gian, particularly in combination with othe ...

James Fenton James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ...

, Linard Bardill, Carli Fry. * 1997 ''Valdun – Voices of Rumantsch'', with Noël Akchoté, Steve Argüelles, Damon Banks, Cyro Baptista,

Greg Cohen Greg Cohen (born July 13, 1953) is an American jazz bassist who has been a member of John Zorn's Masada quartet and worked with numerous other noted musicians for over four decades. Career Cohen plays traditional jazz and other styles, includin ...

, Benoît Delbecq, Peter Herbert,

Yuri Lemeshev Yuri Lemeshev (born 1954 or 1955) is an American accordion player and former member of gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello.Graham Haynes Graham Haynes (born September 16, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American cornetist, trumpeter and composer. The son of jazz drummer Roy Haynes, Graham is known for his work in nu jazz, fusing jazz with elements of hip hop and electronic musi ...

J.T. Lewis Joseph Theodore Lewis (born May 18, 2000) is an American school safety advocate. Lewis started Newtown Helps Rwanda, a charity that raised money for survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide as well as former child soldiers in Uganda. He previousl ...

, Christian Marclay,

Ikue Mori (born 17 December 1953), also known as Ikue Ile, is a drummer, electronic musician, composer, and graphic designer. Mori was awarded a "Genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation in 2022. Biography Ikue Mori was born and raised in Japan. She s ...

, Marc Ribot,

Fernando Saunders Fernando Saunders is an American musician, singer and record producer from Detroit, Michigan. He is perhaps best known for his longtime partnership with musician Lou Reed, from 1982 to 1987 and again from 1996 to 2008. Biography Fernando Saund ...

Robert Quine Robert Wolfe Quine (December 30, 1942 – May 31, 2004) was an American guitarist. A native of Akron, Ohio, Quine worked with a wide range of musicians, though he himself remained relatively unknown. Critic Mark Deming wrote that "Quine's eclect ...

, Peter Scherer (Producer). * 1999 ''Goodbye Gary Cooper'', with Steve Argüelles (Producer), Noël Akchoté, Richard Bona, Margot Châtelain, Benoît Delbecq, Ann Dee, Christophe Minck, Min Xiao Fen, Olivier Glissant, Franz Hackl, Michael von der Heide, Peter Herbert, U Shu Hua,

Olivier Ker Ourio Olivier Ker Ourio (born 1964 in Paris, from a family originally from Réunion) is a jazz musician of Breton ancestry known for playing Chromatic harmonica. He has worked with Bruce Arnold, Franck Amsallem, David Kikoski, and Annie Ebrel among ot ...

and others. * 2002 ''Sud des Alpes'', with Christian Rösli, Dominik Rüegg, Douane Saliou Sène, Abdou Samb, Andy Pupato, Steve Argüelles (Procducer) * 2008 ''Grischunit'', with Marc Ribot, Peter Scherer (Producer), Shahzad Ismaily, Matt Johnson * 2012 ''La Grischa'', with Albin Brun, Patricia Draeger and Claudio Strebel (Communal production) * 2013 ''Origins'', with Thomas Aeschbacher, Jürg Nietlispach and Simon Dettwiler of Pflanzplätz and Andy Gabriel of the Helvetic Fiddlers (communal production) * 2015 ''La Triada'', with Astrid Alexandre and Ursina Giger * 2016 ''La Nova'', with Markus Flückiger, Vera Kappeler, Anna Trauffer and Pez Zumthor

Collaboration

Corin Curschellas worked on productions together with the following artists: * Walter Lietha: 1977 – 2007 *

Max Lässer Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE) * Max (gorilla) (1 ...

: 1977 – 2009 *

: 1983 – 1992 * John Wolf Brennan: 1985 * Hardy Hepp: 1988 – 1994 *

: 1991 * Roland Van Straaten: 1991 * Creative Works Orchestra: 1991 – 1993 *

Linard Bardill Linard () is a former commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Linard-Malval.Vienna Art Orchestra The Vienna Art Orchestra was a European jazz group based in Vienna, Austria. Organized at different times as either a big band or as a smaller combo, it was regarded as one of the leading European jazz ensembles and was an official cultural ambas ...

: 1993 – 2009Beitrag
im

Swiss Radio Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF; "Swiss Radio and Television") is a Swiss broadcasting company created on 1 January 2011 through the merger of radio company Schweizer Radio DRS (SR DRS) and television company Schweizer Fernsehen (SF). The ne ...

in «Musik der Welt» vom 19. April 2013. *

Machination ''Machination'' is a 2022 Maltese horror film directed by Sarah Jayne and Ivan Malekin, starring Steffi Thake. Cast * Steffi Thake as Maria * Mikhail Basmadjian as Father * Sean James Sutton as Ian * Rambert Attard as Yorgen * Andrew Bonello as ...

: 1994 *

Yves Robert Yves Robert (19 June 1920 – 10 May 2002) was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. Life and career Robert was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France. In his teens, he went to Paris to pursue a career in acting, starting with ...

: 1994 * Heiri Känzig: 1994 * Andi Scherer (Band «Yal»): 1998 *

: 1996 – 1999 * Alex Kirschner: 2000 * Pareglish: 2000 *

: 1981 – 2009 * «

eCHo In audio signal processing and acoustics, an echo is a reflection of sound that arrives at the listener with a delay after the direct sound. The delay is directly proportional to the distance of the reflecting surface from the source and the li ...

»: 2001 – 2007 *

: 2002 *

Gardi Hutter Gardi Hutter (born 5 March 1953 in Altstätten) is a Swiss Clown-comedian, author, actress and Cabaret artist and a clown of the classical rule. Life and career Born on 5 March 1953 in Altstätten, Canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, Gardi Hut ...

: 2003 * Curdin Janett (Project ''Standards of Rumantsch''): 2005

References

External links

Official Website
of Corin Curschellas * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Curschellas, Corin 1956 births Swiss film actresses Swiss jazz singers Swiss songwriters World music musicians Swiss film score composers Living people Swiss stage actresses Swiss musical theatre actresses Swiss voice actresses Swiss radio actresses People from Chur