About Me
Startet as Singer in different Rock – Funk – and SoulBands in the 80tis, before he changed into Jazz and
free improvised Music.
Bands like „Dead Zone“ ore the „Marco Käppeli Selection“ was hes First expiriences in that kind of Music.
Later he played in many Bands and Projects together with Phil Minton, Lauren Newton, Fredy Studer,
Christy Doran, Joseph Bowie, DJ Olive, Joke Lanz, Christian Weber, Mamadou Mbaye, Bänz Öster, John
Voirol, Björn Meyer, Kaspar Rast, Fabian Kuratli, Wolfgang Zwiauer, Hans-Peter Pfammatter, Samira
Mall-Darby, Marco Käppeli, Günter Weiss, Bobby Burri, Hämi Hämmerli, Martin Baumgartner, Dave Doran,
Maurice Magnoni, Franziska Baumann a.o.Actualy Bands and Projects are :
-Solo, -Christy Doran's NEW BAG, -Asita Hamidi's Bazaar, -Lunchbox, -DOM, -WAL, -Duo mit Albin Brun,
-VOXLabTours:
Amstad was Touring In South America (Brasil, Peru, Argentina, Venezuela, Bolivia), Madagaskar and
South Africa, India, Vietnam, Canada, the US and the most europien Countries.
He also get Workshops at the Konservatory of Hanoi (Vietnam), and some Musicscools in South America.
He played also with traditional Musicians like the Phon Lang Orchestra Hanoi, and many other Musicians
round the Globe.
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-Amstad Teaches on The Highscool for Music in Luzern/Switzerland.