Lea Gasser
August 13, 2024.
Lea Gasser is a freelance accordionist and composer who grew up in Zurich, now living in Lausanne. Fascinated by the versatility of her instrument, she lets it take on different roles in various projects and gives it a very personal and intimate expression through her own compositions. After a Bachelor in classical music at the HKB in Bern, she followed the Master’s program in Jazz Performance & Composing at HEMU in Lausanne.
As leader of her Lea Gasser 5tet, she has been playing her own jazz compositions since 2020. Music that is characterised by catchy and lyrical melodies, cheeky bass lines and dreamy character (album “L’Heure Bleue”). Lea also co-founded the duo OXEON with singer Sylvie Klijn. The duo combines their own compositions with arrangements of classical works, refined by effect pedals (album “Somewhere Far”). The musician is part of other bands and interdisciplinary projects.
“After my turbulent ferry journey to Iceland (very stormy sea), it took me a few days to really arrive here. I slowly explored the area on foot and by bike. What a raw and impressive nature around Stödvarfjördur! Kris taught us lots of exciting things about Iceland and we went on some great group excursions: monsters parade, whale watching and dancing night.
I started to develop new compositions and play my accordion in the nice in-house Studio Silo. I really enjoyed our Open Studio day, where I was able to present a few solo pieces. I was also very pleased to collaborate with Margaux Bula – art made of clay and sounds.
Many thanks to the Fish Factory team and to our great group! I hope to come back one day. Maybe in winter ;-)”
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