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The Lea Gasser 5tet wins the ZKB Jazz Prize 2024

Moods09-26-20241 min. read

From September 22 - 26, the ZKB Jazz Prize Festival at Moods featured the most highly endowed prize for young Swiss jazz musicians. The competition was won by the Lea Gasser 5tet. The Chloé Marsigny Sextet took second place. The audience award went to the Maud Paquis Quintet.

On Thursday evening, 26 September, the final of the ZKB Jazzpreis Festival 2024 took place at Moods. This year's winner was the Lea Gasser 5tet. The jury had the following to say about the winners: ‘The Lea Gasser 5tet proved that the composer has already found her very own and unique musical language, which her band knew how to support incredibly well, making them an unbeatable team.’
Second place went to the Chloé Marsigny Sextet. ‘Chloé has a very clear vision, both when it comes to the sky and the stars and when it comes to translating them into a musical language. Precise compositions and arrangements, as well as clever twists and turns, were inspiring,’ said the jury.
The ZKB Audience Award went to the Maud Paquis Quintet.
In addition to the three award-winning bands, Polarbaeren, Meraki Sextett and LELE GORRI were also nominated for the Young Talent Award. All concerts can be viewed on our streaming portal.

The concerts of the ZKB Jazzpreis Festival 2024 in the stream

  • Lea Gasser 5tet

    Finale

    • Jazz

  • Chloé Marsigny Sextet

    Finale

    • Jazz

  • Polarbaeren

    • Jazz
    • Jazz Modern Creative
    • Electronic Jazz

  • Maud Paquis Quintet

    • Jazz

  • Meraki Sextett

    • Jazz
The prizes were presented by the vice president of the Zürcher Kantonalbank Mark Roth. The prize money is to be used for music; for studio productions, CD and label costs, for instruments, advertising or bookings.
We would like to thank all participants for the 4 days of great music and wish them all the best on their way.Fotos: Nadine KägiZKB Jazz Price Website

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