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From May 10th to 23rd 2011 the Lucas Niggli Drum Quartet will be on Tour again, in Europe. With Kesivan Naidoo ( Capetown) , Rolando Lamussene (Maputo), Pez Zumthor ( Haldenstein) , LN.

The Quinett Lucas Niggli BIG ZOOM is back on stage with a new Line Up. The Trio ZOOM with Wogram,Schaufelberger, LN is now with flutist  Anne La Berge ( USA/NL) and bassist Barry Guy ( UK,/CH); they form the new quintett BIG ZOOM. A longer Tour with the CD Release of "polisation" on INTAKT is scheduled for January 2011.

The Documentary about my Drum Quartet BEAT BAG BOHEMIA will be soon shown, and should be available on DVD in 2011.

Watch the Trailor:

The New Tro with Luciano Biondini ( acc) , Michel Godard ( tb , serp) and LN on drums, will record a NEW CD for INTAKT Records. The CD will be released for the Tour the Trio will play in March 2011. For Booking: Ralph Guch Productions

Lucas is a member of the great Septett FORCEMAJEUR by Swiss Composer Felix Profos, we will perform next at Jazzfestival Willisau. A Tour and CD Recording is planned for November 10.

The Lucas Niggli Drum Quartet will play at The Sound No Walls Festival in Berlin @ the Philharmonie. Rolando and Kesivan will exclusivly arrive from SouthAfrica.

Lucas will be part of a larger project called "Fixed, Fragmented &Fluid" which will be a collaboration between the great Animationfilm-Artist Michel Gagné and Barry Guy. It will be a live show with an international  seven-piece ensemble, and a giant screen that will combine abstract animation and jazz music. The performance will take place on June 25th, 2010 as the opening night performance of the Innovation Series at the Roundhouse Performance Centre, in Vancouver, on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival.

In November 2010 ( 19th and 20th) I will organise a Piano Festival in my concert series PAM ( Platz für Andere Musik, Uster) @ qbus. We will hear the MONDRIAN Quartet, Irene Schweizer Solo, Dominik Blum Solo, and a Duo with Aki Takase and Lucas Niggli.

In September I will be touring in China with BLACK LOTOS , the Duo I have with Xu fengxia.

In March I will be on tour with 2 new Bands: FORCEMAJEUR by Felix Profos with Vera Kappeler (p, harmonium), Raphael Camenisch & Sebastian Pottmeier (sax), Christian Weber & John Eckhardt (b), Lucas Niggli (dr), Felix Profos (comp, key) and
the Trio with Luciano Biondini, Michel Godard & LN

In January 09 the Drum Duo Niggli Zumthor did record with Master Engeneer Willy Strehler a Studio-production for the polish label "Not Two Records". Including the two tracks "First and Second Dance"composed for the Duo by Felix Profos. Release December 2009.

The CD "Radio Rondo/ SchaffhausenConcert" on Intakt Records  features the London Jazz Composers Orchestra with Irene Schweizer.
Lucas plays in the Drum-Section  with Paul Lytton.

My Drum Quartet will celebrate the CD Launch atthe Jazzfestival Capetown, and a CD Release Tour in Europe will follow, from September 10th to 28th, with Concerts in Switzerland,Germany, Poland.

Order the CD here.

From June 17th to July 1st , Steamboat Switzerland will be touring in the US and Canada. Incl. festival Appearences in Vancouver, Victoria, Montreal.