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UPCOMING CONCERTS
PAST
AUGUST
30.08 CERISE ROSSIER & B. GRAF @ Campus Biotech private event | Genève
25.08 TROPHEE @ IN du Festival d'Aurillac | F 16:30
24.08 TROPHEE @ IN du Festival d'Aurillac | F 16:30
23.08 TROPHEE @ IN du Festival d'Aurillac | F 16:30
22.08 SOLO @ Ouverture du Festival d'Aurillac | F 12:30
19.08 SOLO & Duo with SACHA LOVE @ Le Port | Fribourg | CH
18.08 WATERPROOF @ Vernier | CH
12.08 F. CHITACUMBI & B.GRAF @ Blackbox | Neuchâtel CH 20:00
06.08 SOLO @ Un été sous les Marronniers | Nyon CH 17:00
01.08 WATERPROOF @ Parc de la Grange | Genève | CH 20:30
JULY
26.07 WATERPROOF @ St-Genis Pouilly| F
09.07 F. CHITACUMBI & B.GRAF @ Vers chez le Bart | Gorgier CH 20:00
06.07 F. CHITACUMBI & B.GRAF @ Parc des Cropettes |Genève
02.07 AUFZUG! duo w. Domi Chansorn @ Helsinki | Zürich
01.07 WATERPROOF @ Col de la Faucille | F
JUNE
24.06 SOLO @Cima Norma Art Festival | CH - Torre-Blenio
14.06 SOLO @ Women's Strike Genève , Place des Grottes 11:00
13.06 SOLO @ Party of Women' Strike | CH - La Chaux-de-Fonds
07.06 MELISSA GUEX & B.GRAF @ Usine à Gaz | CH -Nyon (private)
03.06 FOOFWA D'IMMOBILITE & B.GRAF @ | Genève 13:30 à Place Lise Girardin et 15:30 Place de Neuve
MAY
27.05 LE LANGUAGE DES ARBRES @| Salle des Fêtes | F- Contamine-Sarzin 15:00
25.05 LES FLEURS DU MALE @ Théâtre des Amis | Carouge w. Françoise Courvoisier . Texte : Ch. Baudelaire
13.05 PARADE ROUGE @ Quartier de l'Etang | Vernier | 12:00
10.05 BULLE POETIQUE @ Arcade des Arts Vivants | Vernier | w. Luca Pattaroni , Sarah Wälchli. m.e.s Yuval Dishon
APRIL 2023
29.04 SOLO @ Tee Room Festival | Fribourg Nouveau Monde 17:00
22.04 ESTER POLY @ Salzhaus | Brugg
21.04 ESTER POLY @ Rote Fabrik | Zürich
19.04 AUFZUG ! Domi Chansorn & Béatrice Graf Duo @ Cully Jazz festival | Cully 20:30
06.04 SOLO @ Cafe Kairo | Bern 20:45
04.04 OPENING OF THE JAMSESSION @ AMR | Genève 21: 00 with Erwan Valazza, Louise Knobil
MARCH 2023
30.03 AUFZUG ! Domi Chansorn & Béatrice Graf Duo @ AMR-Sud des Alpes | Genève 20:30
29.03 AUFZUG ! Domi Chansorn & Béatrice Graf Duo @ AMR-Sud des Alpes | Genève 20:30
28.03 AUFZUG ! Domi Chansorn & Béatrice Graf Duo @ AMR-Sud des Alpes | Genève 20:30
27.03 AUFZUG ! Domi Chansorn & Béatrice Graf Duo @ AMR-Sud des Alpes | Genève 20:30
17.03 ESTER POLY @ Industriestrasse | Luzern | 21:00
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Last Minute Call Youtube this song is a part of my "Mess-Ages "new one woman band project.
Artist & drummer in a wide range of styles and configurations, Béatrice Graf also composes. Since 1996, she has been developing her own projects, often involving atypical instrumentation. An early success was her 1997 Pro Helvetia composition, commissioned by Beat & Lip.
Solo to sextet, improvisation to composition, swing to hardcore, acoustic to electronic, she makes fun of limitations, from stylistic conventions to orchestration.
Es wäre nicht vermessen, sie als Grande Dame des Schlagzeugs zu bezeichnen, aber irgendwie ist sie dafür viel zu pünkig
Tabea Andres, Berner Kultur Agenda 6 -19. April 2023
Quand la génialissime Lovelybbones nous a présenté son idée de la booker pour le festival, on a tout de suite été emballé.
Mais alors en live, la claque. Ca restera un de mes plus beaux souvenirs de Tea room
Vanessa Cojocaru, mother de Tea Room festival.
Diese Bemerkung, die Béatrice Graf vor rund zehn Jahren in einem Gespräch wie eine Selbstverständlichkeit aussprach, fasst die Lebensphilosophie der aussergewöhnlichen Musikerin zusammen. Eine Mischung aus gesundem Menschen- verstand, der aus einer beschwerlichen Kindheit in einem ländlichen Umfeld stammt und einer entschlossenen Zielstrebigkeit aus drei Jahrzenten Do-it-yourself-Praxis.
Schweizer Musikpreis Magazin, Béatrice Graf Preisträgerin 2019
Whether as a soloist on her self-built trunk drum set, in the furious power duo Ester Poly or as a show-playing music mediator - she always captivates with her very own timing and an urgency that results not least from the constant confrontation with the great challenges of our time. This year, her work was honoured with the prestigious Swiss Music Prize.
Clemens Kuratle, Jazz'n'More
Graf’s playing is patently imaginative, at times tastefully reserved, at others fully extroverted, drawing on an array of found percussion implements. Her eclectic cast of musical character actors renders a satisfying pastiche of soundscapes and styles that holds up well over two discs.
New-York Jazz review
Beat & Lip di Beatrice Graf e Philippe Ehinger (Altrisuoni) (...) i due riescono a moltiplicare in modo davvero convincente (...) e il panorama sonoro (...) è ricco di suoni, timbri, magie colorate che fanno pensare ad una dimensione orchestrale. Il contesto è sfuggente, il linguaggio è quello del jazz, ma la musica che la Graf e Ehinger ci propongono non è etichettabile. (...) Quello che fa da comune denominatore è un senso del ritmo sempre ben pronunciato, bello carico di sensazioni intense e pronunciate, accattivante per l’indomito entusiasmo. Un canovaccio su cui è piacevole improvvisare, cosa che i due fanno senza porsi limiti.
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