Sarah Buechi and Charlotte Lang

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Sarah Buechi (born 1981, Lucerne). "She creates the music of the future," wrote jazz critic Manfred Papst in an extensive portrait in the NZZ about the singer, who was awarded the prestigious Moods-Aïda-Alliman Prize in 2025 and possesses "a distinctive voice with high recognition value." With her "sensitive art of intimacy that is both so open and so sparingly focused," "writers often turn to superlatives." She has studied various types of music in America, Ireland, Ghana, and India, developing songwriting, world music, and jazz in a highly personal way. SRF called her current trio "the surprise of the year 2022," and with her latest album Pink Mountain Sagas, "the band confirms its excellence." Since autumn 2018, she has been a vocal professor at HSLU, performing on renowned stages such as the Berlin Jazzfest and the Intakt Festival London. She has also collaborated with established, larger ensembles such as the Jena Philharmonic and the HR Big Band.

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Charlotte Lang (*1996, Basel) is a Swiss-Dutch alto and baritone saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser. As both a soloist and ensemble musician, she is active in the Swiss and European jazz scene. She studied at the Jazzcampus Basel as well as at Berklee College of Music. Charlotte is a member of the Swiss Jazz Orchestra and the Basel Jazz Orchestra, and has also performed with the Bundesjazzorchester as well as with international big bands such as the SWR Big Band, the Zurich Jazz Orchestra, and the UMO Jazz Orchestra. In addition to her work as a sidewoman, she leads the Charlotte Lang Group and is part of the trio H3R as well as the baritone saxophone duo Tschopp X Lang. Her debut album was released by Unit Records in 2024. She was also selected for Sisters in Jazz in the USA and won the SOFIA project. Since 2025, she has been teaching at the music school at Jazzcampus Basel.