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“Boogie-Woogie ambassador of Switzerland”
Influenced by vintage recordings of black pianists, Silvan Zingg taught himself to play the piano during his early school years. Music is important in the family; his father, mother, and sister are also musicians. Silvan studied piano and trombone for six years and after completing courses in graphic design he started a professional music career.
Silvan quickly became a popular entertainer at his college due to his sensational interpretation of the blues. He easily convinced his listeners that he was passionate about music, including classic Boogie Woogie, Blues, and Jazz, with variations from other musical genres.
Today Silvan Zingg is one of the most successful young jazz and blues pianists in his country.
Since 2002, he is the promoter and organizer of the annual Boogie Woogie Festival in Switzerland. This festival is unique in the world and every April draws an international group of the best piano players to the fabulous Ticino area in south Switzerland. This event is one of the most important in Europe’s Blues scene. This year the BBC World TV network recognized the importance of the festival in a thirty minute broadcast. Don’t miss the sensational show planned for April 2007.

The Silvan Zingg Trio
This extraordinary trio has been performing concerts for the past few years in major venues throughout Europe. The music is in the blood of these gifted musicians and they demonstrate it with their joyful performances, brilliant techniques and fantasy stage sets. Audiences in large or in small private venues are attracted to their open, precise, and colorful variations of tunes. Their youthful pleasure in performance is obvious to everyone.
Order the new CD ‘Boogie Woogie Triology’.

Legends
During his many performances at international festivals Silvan performed with outstanding musical legends such as Ray Charles, Chuck Berry, B.B. King, Sammy Price, Memphis Slim, Champion Jack Dupree, Michael Petrucciani, Jimmy Walker, Pinetop Perkins, Katie Webster and many more.


Here a selected list the past appearances:

International Boogie Woogie Festival Lugano Switzerland
Motor City Boogie & Blues Festival Detroit USA
Arches Piano Stage Cincinnati Blues Fest USA
Annual Blues & Boogie Piano Summit Newport USA
Charleston Blues Festival USA
New Orleans Jazz Ascona Switzerland
Piazza Blues Festival Bellinzona Switzerland
Baden-Baden Boogie Nights Germany
Shake The Lake Piano Festival Austria
International Piano Summit, Belgium
La Roquebrou Boogie-Woogie Festival France
Beauvron Boogie Woogie Festival France
Paris Jazz & Boogie Nights, Paris France
Abbeville Mucos Boogie France
Nuit de Blues et Boogie Woogie, Verrieres-le-Buisson
Boogie Woogie Festival Bussum Netherlands
Dommelsch Festival Rotterdam Netherlands
Amsterdam Blues Festival Netherlands
Storyville Jazznights Arnhem Netherlands
Paris Boogie Woogie Festival France
Les Nuits du Jazz et Boogie Paris France
Jazz Rallye Luxembourg
Tiengener Jazztage Germany
Jazz In Town, Berlin Germany
Jazztage Rödermark Germany
Alte Oper Frankfurt Germany
Konzertsaal Westerland, Sylt
Frankfurt Jazzfestival, Germany
Musik Halle Hamburg
Brosella Jazz Festival Bruxelles Belgium
Gent Jazzfestival Belgium
Bansko Jazzfestival Bulgaria
Barcelona Blues Festival Spain
Bechyne Jazz Festival Czech Republic
Dubai Festival UAE
Blues Festival Baden Switzerland
Meilemer Jazztage Switzerland
Vico Jazz Festival Switzerland
Festival in Pineta Switzerland
Sunflower Openair Festival Switzerland
Blues Balls Lucerne Switzerland
Jazz Parade Fribourg Switzerland
Jazztage Lichtensteig Switzerland
Dixie Festival Sargans Switzerland
Blues To Bop Festival Lugano Switzerland
Pianist of Chuck Berry in Zürich
Boogie Reunion, Barcelona

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