Sandro Schneebeli

Sandro Schneebeli was born in 1974 in Lugano. In 1994, after the Swiss Italian graduated from high school, he moved to the Swiss German city Berne where he studied music at the "Swiss Jazz School". At the same time he started to work professionally as a freelance guitarist, composer and producer.He is often invited abroad to perform within various music projects, in particular in the United States, in Greece, Italy, Spain and Germany.As a versatile musician blessed with a great musical and stylistical sensibility, he has played and still plays with Brazilian, Indian, Jamaican, American, Swiss and Argentine musicians. For example: Victor Lewis, Bobby Watson, Giora Feidmann, Rupak Kulkarni, Kalinath Mishra, Gabriel Rivano, George Robert, Luis Ribeiro, John Boutté, Sandy Patton, Leon Duncan, Stephan Rigert, Prita Roy, Michael Zisman, Daniel Zisman and the MIT Symphony Orchestra of Boston.He has also been invited to prestigious International Music Festivals and has played at many well known venues such as: Menuhin Festival Gstaad, 2004, Switzerland/ Estival Jazz Lugano 2004-2008, Switzerland/ Kilian Hall, Boston, 2004, USA/ Kresge Auditorium, Boston, 2004, USA/Madajazzcar Festival,Antananarivo,2008/ Fuerte Ventura Jazz Festival 2005, Spain/New Orleans Jazz Festival Ascona 2004, Switzerland/ Viel Jazz Festival Zug 2005, Switzerland/ Jazz Festival Zurzach 1999, Switzerland/Jazz Festival Frauenfeld 1998, Switzerland/ / House of Switzerland Athen, Greece/Café Central, Madrid, 2004, Spain/ Ritmo y compas, Madrid, 2004, Spain/ Pearl’s Jazz Club, San Francisco 1999, USA/ International Theater, Frankfurt, 2005, Germany/ Brotfabrik, Bonn, 2005, Germany/ Laboratorium, Stuttgart, 2005, Germany/ Swiss National Exposition, Neuchâtel 2002, Switzerland/ Villa Leon, Nürnberg, 2005, Germany/ TonHalle, St.Gallen, 2004 Switzerland/ Centro Svizzero, Milano, 2004, Italy/ Blue Note, La Laguna 2001, Spain/...He has aroused great interest of the Swiss television (SRG/SSR idée suisse) and other Swiss media. Within the last few years Sandro Schneebeli has given many interviews, performances and has been featured in a documentary on television: Documentary in "Eclettica", TSI, 2002/ "Dietro Le Quinte", TSI, 2004/ Telebärn, Bern, 2004/ TeleBielingue, Biel/Bienne, 2004/ "Café Fédérale", TSI, 1998/ "Compagnia bella", TSI, 2005/ Confederation Day 1. August, SF1,TSR1,TSI1, 2005.Composer of the Main Jingle from the Swiss Italian Radio Rete1(2009)