Duvoisin Guitars artists
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Antonio
Nadalin renseignements et biographie |
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Olivier
Nussbaum renseignements et biographie |
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Olivier Nussbaum chose
a Duvoisin bass for performances
when he needed a four-string bass
Contact: CH-2400 Le Locle (Suisse) |
Instrument : Basse 4 cordes, modèle Zurich Body : mahogany Top : padouk Fingerboard : ebony inlaid with padouk Voir détail : b0003 |
After a solid training as electric bass in different groups, extending from rock and jazz through to blues and funk, he became excited by the acoustic sonorities of the double bass and by its many possibilities. He developed his own particular elemental style, which brought out the naturalness and spontaneity of his playing. He was a leading bassist and double bassist in national and international concerts, such as the International Jazz Festival of Montreal, the International Festival of University Music –FIMU, the Euro Pop Days of Freiburg im Brisgau and The Francosonic Festival of London. Working with groups in Switzerland and abroad (France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Canada, Mauritius, Tunisia) he rubbed elbows, on the stage or in the studio, with, amongst others, the Canadians Charles Papasoff, François D’Amours, Jean-Pierre Zannella, the English Dave O’Higgins and Steve Grant, the German Wolfgang Obert, the French Denis Leloup et the Swiss Thierry Lang, Matthieu Michel, John Voirol, Popol Lavanchy, Jean-François Bovard, Emilien Tolk, Alain Tissot, Mathieu Schneider, Serge Kottelat, Marcos Jimenez, Julien Monti, Michel Zbinden, Claude Berset, Maurizio Peretti, Patrick Lehmann, Jacques Ditisheim, Christophe Berthet, Teddy Bärlocher, Hans Koch, and Matthias Ziegler to name but a few. In the course of his musical career, Olivier Nussbaum, has already worked in more than fifteen bands, has composed and performed in concerts mixing many different styles. Notably in 2000, he mounted his project ‘the Planets’ Song’, a multimedia performance combining music, sound sculptures, and video projections, which he presented across all Switzerland. He’s currently involved with several shows and groups, including Corpus, Blue Groove Syndicate, Pinocchio, Tango + and Alias Trio. Professor at the Conservatoire of la Chaux-de-Fonds and of Neuchâtel, teaching Jazz and Improvisation techniques in their professional sections, Olivier Nussbaum also takes private pupils and lends his own special improvisatory talent to group workshops. |
A few words about Duvoisin ® instruments :
What particularly surprises
me about Duvoisin & Co’s basses is their astonishing ‘maturity’.
Actually, after only four years of research and making prototypes, Duvoisin
& Co are putting out basses of absolutely impeccable standards of
guitar-making and precision ! Olivier Nussbaum |
Antonio Nadalin chose
a Duvoisin guitar,
Genève model avec table with Ovengkol soundboard.
Contact: CH-2000 Neuchâtel |
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Santana’s
hit song ‘Black Magic Woman’ was my musical trigger, at the
age of 14. Self-taught guitarist from that moment, thanks to a fine ear and my passion for music, I started many long hours of imitation (take my advice – get a teacher ; it’s quicker). I started putting together various local groups between 1975 and 1985. After a long time in the desert, working in the food industry, but staying close to the music and the instruments, I finally, at age 45, decided to take up music professionally, formed the group “Chicago Blues”, and even started lessons with a professor at the Swiss Jazz School in Berne. His ideal guitarists : Jimmy Hendrix (the master), Pat Metheny, Lee Ritenour, Robben Ford, Larry Carlton, Carlos Santana, Richard Bona, Sylvain Duc, Jean-Marie Ecay. |
A few words about Duvoisin ® instruments :
How can one not be seduced by the charms of such an instrument.. Lovely balance, modern sound-quality,
guitar making up to the standard of the best clock making (thank-you Jacques
for the hand-blued screws) and superb design. Antonio Nadalin |