Stefan Rusconi (born 14 February 1979) is a Swiss

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and

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Work

Since 2004, along with Fabian Gisler (bass) and Claudio Strüby (drums), Rusconi is playing with his band

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across the world. So far, they release six records on indie and major labels such as ''Bee Jazz'' Records and

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. Since 2012, they are running their own boutique label Qilin Records on which they release their music and the music of other musician friends. In 2011, Rusconi composed the music for the film documentary ''Tinguely'' directed by Thomas Thümena. Also in 2011, together with pianist und producer Ephrem Lüchinger, Rusconi founded the experimental

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duo Whistler & Hustler, which released the album ''The Whistler & Hustler Session'' via Qilin Records in 2013. Rusconi wrote the music for the stage play ''Kinder der Sonne'' by

Maxim Gorki Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and sociali ...

, which premiered 2015 at the opera Basel. Also in 2015, along with Paul Lemp (bass) and Marc Lohr (drums), he composed the music for ''Until our Hearts Stop'' directed by American choreographer

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, which was coproduced by

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and the

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. The production in which he plays electronics, trumpet and piano has been touring Europe. Rusconi has collaborated with

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, the

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, and

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Discography

*Rusconi: ''Stop & Go'', Unit Records/

; 2006 *Rusconi: ''It's a Sonic Life'', CD

, 2010; LP Qilin Records; 2013 *Rusconi: ''Revolution'', LP Qilin Records 2012; CD Bee Jazz; 2012 *Rusconi: ''History Sugar Dream'', LP/CD Qilin Records; 2014 *Whistler & Hustler: ''The Whistler & Hustler Session''; Qilin Records, limited key edition; 2013

Awards

*Cultural grant from the

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2013 *

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 1971 ...

"High Priority Jazz Promotion" between 2010 and 2012 *

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as best pianist (Germany), 2011http://www.echojazz.de/jazz-detailansicht/controller/News/action/detail/news/auftretende-kuenstler-moderator-und-tv-partner-bestaetigt/

References

External links

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