Claudia Schwab
MUSIC
Claudia Schwab
Went To Walk ALBUM LAUNCH
Sun 07 July | 7pm
Event Details
Times & Dates:
Sun 07 July | 7pm
Duration:
70 minutes
Event Categories:
Muisc
Admission:
€16
Age Suitability:
All Ages
Venue:
The Methodist Church, Wine St., Sligo
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Join Sligo-based Austrian violinist, singer, yodeller and composer Claudia Schwab for an intimate solo setup of violin, vocals, piano and loops.
Born out of solitary forest, seaside and mountain dwellings during lockdown, the album marks a return to the origins of Claudia’s composing practices: a world of sound that she could create and retreat to entirely on her own. Never shy of crossing borders between genres, traditions and conventions, this introspective body of folk-inspired songs with experimental elements tells of unfinished love stories, the yearning to be left alone, or diverse ‘what if’ scenarios of re-crafting our lifestyles.
Claudia has produced two solo CDs: Amber Sands (2014) and Attic Mornings (2017). She was commissioned to write for the National Concert Hall in collaboration with Sounding the Feminists in 2019 and was awarded a Next Generation Bursary Award from the Irish Arts Council (2019).
Claudia Schwab
Sligo-based Austrian violinist/singer/yodeller and composer Claudia Schwab has performed on numerous recordings and collaborated with a range of cross-genre artists both established and emerging. She has published two CD's of original work in 2014 (Amber Sands) and 2017 (Attic Mornings), which received a variety of excellent reviews by magazines and radio stations. She was commissioned to write for the National Concert Hall in collaboration with STF in 2019 and was awarded a Next Generation Bursary Award from the Irish Arts Council (2019), the Neuer Deutscher Jazzpreis 2019 with the Band “Shreefpunk + Strings” and a Hubert Von Goisern Förderpreis (2020). Alongside her solo show Claudia currently performs with Plúirín na mBan (feat. Cathy Jordan & Irene Buckley), Los Hostes (feat. Matija Solce & Aleš Zorec), Trio Hupsala (feat. Johannes Bär & Vinzenz Härtel), the Irish Gamelan Orchestra, the Kate in the Kettle Quintet, the Crankie Island Song Project and Sligo-based band The Craic Addicts. Her solo show has brought her to Sweden, Slovenia, Ireland, Austria and Bavaria, with performances at the Umefolk Festival (SE), Etno Histeria (SLO), Kaleidoscope (IRE), Fleadh TV (IRE), Body and Soul Festival (IRE), Hemavan Folk Festival (SE), Kadikoy Sessions Istanbul (TU) and Festival d’Art Huy (BE).