Up­town goes Down­town: Up­town Big Band feat. Li­ly Horn Is Born

Composing specifically for the Uptown Big Band
Annette Kitagawa and Lisette Wyss own pieces. Building on theirs
The two of them will be linking years of artistic collaboration this evening
Personal with historical events. Annette leaves for her
Compositions inspired by letters and texts from her Japanese grandmother.
This occurred in Canada following the Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbor hatred, discrimination and dispossession. Find these moving testimonies
in the book “This is my own” about Muriel Tsukiye Kitagawa. Lisette, on the other hand, drives the story
Jurassic watchmakers. Looking for a better life
In the 19th century, some left their homeland in search of a daring adventure
to emigrate to the inhospitable southern regions of Argentina by crossing the ocean. Together
Annette Kitagawa and her saxophone quartet “Lily Horn Is Born” take over
Lisette Wyss at Uptown N° 208 the saxophone section and celebrate at the same time
the transition from the retiring saxophonist Susanne Müller to
future saxophonist Naima Gürth.