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«What a wonderful world! Great to be here!» Christina Zurbruegg

Raised in the Berner Oberland, Christina Zurbruegg came to Vienna after a long stay in South America and studied acting and classical singing. She became well known through her music theatre productions about the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca. Zurbruegg studied and played folk music, shot the documentary film “Orvuse on Oanwe” about Vienna’s last tootlers (tootling is a Viennese version of alpine yodelling) and in doing so rediscovered her own roots. Christina Zurbruegg can look back on 13 music albums. The film “Staying/Leaving” by zurbruegg & hudecek was awarded the “Golden Dragon”, her song album “jetzt” was reviewed as a first class work between tradition and modernity and the film “Halbzeit” was nominated for the “Golden Rose 2009”. Last was her CD “doodle it – yodels from vienna“.

2016

Stage anniversary "25 years on stage" at Porgy & Bess Vienna

Guest performances in Belgium, Austria.

«Ich surf durch Millionen bunter Illusionen»
Zurbruegg's Song-Shuttle at Theater Drachengasse Vienna

Christina Zurbruegg & Band - unplugged
Wiener Konzerthaus; Mozartsaal

Symphonic Talk with Philharmonie Salzburg

2015

Beginning of the 25th stage anniversary at "Theater Drachengasse" Vienna:

«Como el Agua» - A tribute to Paco de Lucia - Christina Zurbruegg & Martin Kelner

«IN OUT - move the world» - concert with film - lyrics by H. R. Unger

Guest perfomances in Switzerland, Spain, Austria

Live music for "Wir sind Kaiser" (TV)

2014

Guest performances in Turkey, Germany and Austria

2013

CD «doodle it – yodels from vienna» with christina zurbruegg

DVD/Book „Orvuse on Oanwe – Hello in Vienna“ by c. zurbruegg – Vienna’s last original tootlers

2011

zurbruegg & band – «Staying/Leaving» – film & livemusik

2010

CD «Registerwechsel» – zurbruegg . hudecek . novotny - new sacral music with yodeling

2009

Compilation-CD «zurbruegg – best of yodel»

Film «Eva Pilz – Hindu Priest in Java" by zurbruegg & hudecek

«to the end of love» – Songs from films with accordion - Theater Drachengasse

2008

Film «Half Time» by zurbruegg & hudecek – music and script: Christina Zurbruegg.

China- & Indonesia-Tour as yodel soloist with the Orch. „Symphonia Vienna“. Conductor: H.P. Manser

2007 CD «now» by Christina Zurbruegg, presented live@rkh at the Radiokulturhaus Wien

2006

Film «Staying/Leaving» by zurbruegg & hudecek – music and script: Christina Zurbruegg

Theatre music «Bambiland» by E. Jelinek for neuebuehnevillach. Director: K. Ackerl Konstantin

2005

Compilation-CD «lorca & more» on the occasion of 15 years of zurbruegg on stage

2004

live music project «yodel ‚n’ bass» – yodel meets modern beats

Film portrait-series «Lebensbilder» about musicians and other masters of the art of living

2003

film music for «Beziehungsweise Freundschaft» – TV-documentary by Michael Cencig / One-year scholarship for composition from the Austrian SKE-fund

2002

film music for «Skifahren in Kitzbuehel» – film for a museum by Christian Berger

On tour in Mexico with «wienerlied & jodel-chill»

Film music for «Drei Buddhisten - vier Wahrheiten» – TV-documentary by M. Cencig

Musical-film «IN OUT» – directing and music: Christina Zurbruegg – soundtrack CD «tai chill»

Solo-program «Christl's Wonderworld» one-woman-show by Christina Zurbruegg, director: M. Hudecek

2001

Performances at several international music-festivals (A, CH, D)

2000

Solo vocals for film music «In the realm of the golden eagle» – 3 part TV series (“Universum”), ORF

Shortfilm «The 99 best inventions of mankind» – a GAMSfilm

1999

CD «Äs chönnti alls ganz anders sii» with new yodels and own lyrics in Swiss German

1998

Organization of the series «Voices» in the “Theater Drachengasse”, première Christina Zurbruegg sings songs of Joni Mitchell and Caterina Valente

1998 Film presentation of «Orvuse on Oanwe» – Vienna’s last tootlers at the ORF Radiokulturhaus / Director: Christina Zurbruegg

1997

«Dancing Marilyn» – C. Zurbrügg sings and the music plays a dreamy waltz» – Theater Drachengasse

1996

«Orvuse on Oanwe» – Vienna’s tootlers. Life histories and songs – a book

1995

«Ciudad sin sueño» – music set to the poetry of F. G. Lorca – CD

1994

«Negress» – A tale. First performed at the Theater Drachengasse in 1993

1993

«Nehki lik – Let me tell you» – Stories and poems of different lives. First performed as a musical play named «Town without doors» at the Theater im Künstlerhaus in 1996

1992

«Sunset» with «Café de Chinitas» – CD

1991

«Startled» with the Orchestra Rudi Fuchs– CD. First performed as chanson-program: «It was much later on that I did learn to speak» at the Theater Drachengasse

1990

«A back-basket full of kids, a snotty old husband» – Folksongs of a woman’s life – MC and songbook

«Café de Chinitas» – Spanish songs from the folksong-collection of F. G. Lorca – CD and songbook