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PROJECTS

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SARAH CHAKSAD LARGE ENSEMBLE

Sarah Chaksad surprises with compositions for a new ensemble.

SARAH CHAKSAD ORCHESTRA

The Sarah Chaksad Orchestra was founded in 2012 and consists of 18 musicians from Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France and Norway.

SONGLINES

SONGLNES is one of the newest projects of Sarah Chaksad and was founded about one year ago. The band has just recorded their first album, which is expected to be released in August 2020.

STRINGS

STRINGS brings together musicians from Norway and Switzerland, a string quartet from Oslo and a jazz quartet from Basel.

INTERNATIONAL FEMALE MUSICIANS COLLECTIVE

The International Female Musicians Collective was founded in August 2017 with the aim of bringing jazz musicians together across borders and creating a European network.

OTHER PROJECTS

TIMANI CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Feat. Sarah Chaksad, Hildegunn Øiseth, Torun Eriksen, Siv Oyunn, Tina Nilssen 

Sarah Chaksad presented in 2018 as part of the Timani Music Festival in Oslo a commissioned work with the Timani Chamber Orchestra and various guests. More concerts and the CD release are planned for spring 2020.

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SINPHONIEORCHESTER BASEL

Picknick Konzert mit SARAH CHAKSAD ORCHESTRA und MIXiT

Sarah Chaksad arranged her own compositions as well as pieces by the rap duo MIX! T for the Picknick concert on September 1st, 2019 with the Sinfonieorchester Basel.

AS A SIDEWOMAN

JONAS WINTERHALTER BIGBAND

The Jonas Winterhalter Big Band combines big band tradition as well as influences from modern jazz, classical and popular music to their own sound mixture. The original compositions of the bandleader are played.

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