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Sunday, 2. March 2008
Anne Czichowsky (born in 1981 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland) studied jazz vocals at the Universities of Music in Stuttgart and Graz and graduated in 2007 with the top grade summa cum laude. Since then, she has established herself as a soloist in various jazz projects and has won several international jazz awards.
She has so far performed in Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Turkey (“Nardis Jazzclub Istanbul”), Africa (Mozambique, Zimbabwe & South Africa), Lithuania, Romania (“Europafest Bucharest”), Finland (“Storyville Jazzclub Helsinki”, “Rajaton Jazzfestival”), South East Asia (Laos, Malaysia, Vietnam & Cambodia) and all over Germany. She collaborated with Önder Focan Trio, St. Petersburg Jazz Quartet, The Italian Allstars, Lorenzo Petrocca, Thilo Wagner, Oliver Mtukudzi, Michael Kersting, Paul Schwarz, Günther Lenz, Herbert Joos, Bernd Konrad etc.
Currently, Anne is performing regularly with her projects "Anne Czichowsky Quintet", “Anne Czichowsky’s Playground” and her quintet "Jazzpartout", the winner of the “Bucharest Int. Jazz Competition 2008”. Their debut album “Rise” was released in February 2009 on the German label Neuklang. In addition, she transcribed the original recordings of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross and formed the ensemble “Re-Bop - remembering Lambert, Hendricks & Ross” in 2009.
In July 2008, she won the “Int. Jazz Singer Contest Lady Summertime” in Finland, she was also voted “favourite singer of the audience”. In April 2009, she took 2nd place in the “Int. Jazz Voices Contest” in Lithuania, also receiving the special award for “best free program”.
In 2010, Anne was awarded the grand prize of “Volksbank Hochrhein Foundation” for her outstanding achievements in music. She is the first jazz musician who has ever won this award. Also in 2010, she came second at the "12th Int. Jazz Soloist Competition" in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
In 2011, Anne received the "Landesjazzpreis Baden-Württemberg", which is one of the most prestigious jazz awards in Germany. For the first time in 26 years this award was given to a singer.
Anne continues performing in Germany and abroad as well as taking on students: In 2010, she acquired a university teaching position for jazz vocals at the University of Music Saarbrücken.
In 2011, she will release her second album "Play on words" with the „Anne Czichowsky Quintet“. The musicians playing in this quintet are Lorenzo Petrocca (guitar), Thilo Wagner (piano), Axel Kühn (bass) and Matthias Daneck (drums).