Fabienne Ambuehl
Biographie Fabienne Ambuehl
Fabienne Ambuehl
is a pianist, singer and composer born in Switzerland and based in London.
Her music is inspired by her surroundings, from the sounds and silence of the forest, where she finds a deep connection with nature, to the rhythms and soundscapes of the big city.
Her melodic ideas and detailed arrangements are rooted in jazz and showcase her dancing piano while always leaving space for her band to shine.
Fabienne studied classical piano as a child, switching her attention to jazz after hearing a neighbour playing the blues, and at fourteen she recorded her first CD with a big band. She completed a Master of Arts in Music at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences, further developing her singing at the Complete Vocal Institute in Copenhagen.
Her first album, ‘Glitterwoods’ (Traumton Records 2015), with Yuri Goloubev on bass and Asaf Sirkis on drums, was well received in the European jazz press and listed by ukvibe.com as an album of the year.
As well as performing with her trio and solo, Fabienne has worked with the Noga Ritter band and toured Senegal in a residency supported by Arts Council England. With Neele & the Soundvoyage she released an EP and the album ‘Visions’ (QFTF Berlin 2018), touring in Switzerland and Germany. She was the soloist for Jazz Choir Freiburg at the Eurovision Song Contest for Choirs in Riga, Latvia (201?), and she toured Germany and Austria with them.
Her new album, ‘Thrive’, is released on 17 January 2025 on the progressive label Ubuntu Music. It features a dynamic ensemble of musicians – Matt Ridley on bass (The Antidote, The Darius Brubeck Quartet, Leon Foster Thomas, Tal Cohen) and Tom Scott on drums (Mulatu Astatke, GoGo Penguin, Kairos 4Tet, Sons of Kemet XL), with special guest guitarists Tom Ollendorff and Ant Law – all of whom are key players on the international jazz scene.
Fabienne is a winner of Friedl Wald Stiftung Price and Förderpreis of Kanton Zug.
“Stripped-back minimalism and emotional depth, playfulness and maturity, and a profound jazz sensibility combined with a powerful romantic imagination, forge her unmistakable style.” - Norbert Krampf
