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Klaus Henner Russius reads E. T. A. Hoffmanns «Das Märchen vom Nussknacker» With his ballet “The Nutcracker”, Tchaikovsky did not compose pure Christmas music, but a particularly fitting soundtrack to a danced story full of Christmas magic. An army of mice can be put to flight with an exterminator. Or with an army of tin […]

Zurich Jazz Orchestra featuring Sandy Patton (voc) In 2024, we will be celebrating the centenary of the birth of Sarah Vaughan, one of the greatest jazz singers in history. Her career spanned almost five decades and she performed with a variety of top jazz musicians and big bands. She won two Grammy Awards and was […]

Big Band musicians world-wide were saddened by death of master composer and arranger Bill Holman on May 6th, 2024, at the age of 97. His long and productive career spanned seven decades and produced hundreds of compositions and arrangements that have become well-loved core repertoire of big bands and their audiences world-wide. The last time […]