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Eliane Amherd
Swiss born, NYC based singer, guitarist, composer Eliane Amherd performs her funky mix of Jazz, Latin and Brazilian grooves all over the world.
About Me
Singer, guitarist and songwriter Eliane Amherd is a true cosmopolitan artist: Born in Switzerland, she
lives in New York, and it is that city’s savvy multicultural energy that most influences the unique sound of
her original compositions: jazzy, groovy and rooted in African, Brazilian and Latin music. Inventive,
enchanted yet earthy. Amherd is an equally talented composer/lyricist whose words and music are as
refreshing as the air of the Swiss Alps where she was raised.
A graduate from The New School University for Jazz and Contemporary Music, she performs as a leader
or a featured artist in New York’s premiere clubs like SOB's, Blue Note, Nublu, BAM, BBKing etc. and
tours in North- and South America, Canada, Europe and Asia, where she appeared in international
Festivals in China, Thailand, the Philippines, Myanmar, Malaysia, Nepal and Mongolia, like the
International Festival in Hong Kong, the Beijing Nine Gate Jazz Festival, the Shenzhen OCT Loft Festival,
the Beishan International Festival in Zhuhai, the Jazzmandu Festival in Kathmandu, the Giant Steppes of
Jazz Festival in Mongolia, the Yangon World Music Festival in Myanmar, the Unplugged Festival in
Zermatt and the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, the Mondo.NYC Festival with Swiss Live Talents
etc.
Her albums “Now and from Now on” and Skylines which are broadcast internationally, continue to
receive great press reviews and have topped the play list of several US Radio Stations. Eliane also
arranged and produced the Swiss Miss Sampler “heimweh”, featuring reknown Swiss artists like Eliana
Burki, Nubya, Gigi Moto, Corin Curschellas, Mia Aegerter etc. This recording has earned her many great
press reviews, interviews on Swiss national radio stations and an appearance on the popular Swiss talk
show Aeschbacher.
In 2013 she was a candidate of the first edition of the Voice of Switzerland on Swiss National TV and
in 2017 she was the runner up for best Singer Songwriter in Switzerland at the Montreux Jazz
Festival. She plays guitar in different NYC bands like As Lolas” ( Brazilian psychedelic 70ties Rock ) and
“Dawn Drake & Zapote” ( Global Funk ). From 2010 to 2020 she was the musical director of the
Frauenstimmen Festival in her home town Brig, Switzerland and in 2015 she was the musical director
of the OrchExtra Gottardo at the Expo Milano, Italy.
Eliane plays at Embassy's around the globe and entertained companies like Bvlgari, Time Warner Cable,
C.F. Bucherer, Myswitzerland Tourism and major events like the World Expo 2015 in Milan, the Soiree
Suisse at the Swiss Embassy in Washington DC, the reopening of the Silverstein Building at the World
Trade Center (alongside Lou Reed, Susan Vega, and the Brazilian Girls), the opening of the Swiss
Business Hub in Hong Kong, the Swiss candidacy for the United Nations security council etc.
She has worked with greats such as Randy Brecker, Marcus Strickland, Bill Ware, Hagar Ben Ari and
performs with the best musicians NYC has to offer. She played guitar in the Pacha Massive video “don’t
let go“ on MTV, her original soundtrack is featured in the award winning web series Constance Cooks.
She appears on the Swiss National TV SRF production “A Night at the Apollo” and her song “As If” can
be heard in the award winning movie “Approaching Union Square” by filmmaker Marc Meyers. Her voice
is featured on Jeremy Mage's song Slippery Light which aired on the NBC hit TV series Lipstick
Jungle and she appears on many albums of fellow musicians and DJ’s as a featured singer or guitarist.
In 2010 she was the first recipient of the MUSIK PRO award from the Kulturrat Kanton Wallis.