Irene Schweizer

Irène Schweizer (1941-2024) was a Swiss pianist, born in Schaffhausen, who worked in free jazz and free improvisation from the 1960s on. She is known for her solo piano concerts, a long series of duets with drummers, and records for the Intakt and FMP labels. She died in Zurich in 2024. In the 1960s she led a trio with the bassist Uli Trepte and the drummer Mani Neumeier. She was a member of the Feminist Improvising Group with Lindsay Cooper, Maggie Nicols and others, and later of Les Diaboliques with Nicols and Joëlle Léandre.