TiramiSu – “Stell mich auf”

That's exactly what we want to offer our audience.

The jazz and vocal ensemble TiramiSu interprets - without much technical assistance - pieces from the jazz fields in a high quality way. Sometimes a cappella, sometimes with accompaniment (piano, bass, drums) also arrangements of the styles pop, rock, gospel and spirituals are sung. The joy of singing these different styles of music connects the approximately 30 women and men from the canton of Fribourg.

Jazz- und Vocal Ensemble TiramiSu

The jazz and vocal ensemble TiramiSu tries - without much technical assistance - to interpret jazz pieces in a high quality way. Sometimes a cappella, sometimes with accompaniment (piano, bass, drums) also arrangements of the styles pop, rock, gospel and spirituals are sung. The joy of singing these different styles of music connects the approximately 30 women and men from the canton of Friborg.

The choir was founded in 1990 by graduates of the Lehrerseminars Freiburg. But for a long time the choir no longer consists of teachers, but of a colorful mix of singers of all professional groups and of all ages. The choir was conducted at the beginning by Robb Correll. Since 1995, Stéphane Cosandey has been responsible for the musical direction.

he choir shows its skills several times a year during public appearances. Under professional guidance the singers practice once a week for two hours. There will be a trial day in autumn and a singing weekend in spring.

Welcome are all those interested who can identify with the music of the choir and want to get involved. With TiramiSu the principle applies: to work seriously, without taking too much ...

By the way: The name TiramiSu was derived from Italian and means something like: get me up!

Stéphane Cosandey, Choir Conductor

Musical Education

Stéphane Cosandey, who grew up in Bulle (FR), studied music at the Conservatory of Freiburg as a pianist, in music theory and instruction, classical and jazz. In addition to training as a music therapist, he also attended a classical vocal training with Christiane Buntschu and later a conducting course with Ducret. He is currently undergoing training as a music teacher for secondary and high school at the University and the Conservatory of Freiburg.

Professional Activities

Stéphane Cosandey works as a music and singing teacher at the primary school Marly and teaches piano at the music school Musica Viva (www.musica-viva.ch). He is also musical director of various choirs from the region of Freiburg and member of the ACO-VUC ("Association des Choeurs ouverts") of the Fribourg Choir Association (FCV) (www.chant.ch).

As musical highlights in his career so far, the musical theater for children "Chevaliers Marly 2000" mentioned, in which he was responsible for the composition and arrangement for the adult and children's choir, as well as for the orchestra and the overall musical direction. For the 100th anniversary of the choir St. Jean, he composed several songs and fairs. He has also written arrangements for big bands in the field of jazz. For years, Stéphane Cosandey has been fascinated by singing and the opportunity to experience the human voice as a versatile instrument. His musical feelers as a singer and choir director he stretches therefore in the most different styles.

His interests include the Gregorian chants ("Oriscus" Freiburg, founded by Gérard Premand), the Classical ("Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne" under the direction of Michel Corboz) and the church singing (mixed choir St. Jean, "Choralia" Freiburg, vocal Ensemble Orlando under the direction of Laurent Gendre). Since 1995, Stéphane Cosandey has been leading the jazz & vocal ensemble TiramiSu with great enthusiasm and joy.