Bianca Mayer

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Bianca Mayer
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Bianca Mayer aka Bibi Vaplan, 2012
Background information
Also known asBibi Vaplan
Born17 May 1979
Scuol, Graubünden, Switzerland
Instrument(s)guitar, harpsichord, piano
WorksÜna jada intuorn als Alba da la Clozza, 2009
Ingio vasch? als Bibi Vaplan, 2011
Eu vegn cun tai als Bibi Vaplan, 2011
Sdruogliar als Bibi Vaplan, 2012
Cul vent als Bibi Vaplan, 2015
Formerly ofAlba da la Clozza

Bibi Vaplan (stage name of Bianca Mayer) (born 17 May 1979) is a Swiss Romansh musician and singer.

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Life

Mayer was born in 1979 in Scuol, Graubünden, Switzerland, and grew up in the Engadine valley. [1] She completed her piano studies at the Zurich University of Music (ZHdK) in 2005 with a teaching diploma. [2]

During her studies, she composed for films and theater (including for Vitus), and toward the end of her studies, she began teaching herself. In 2009, Mayer won the Canton of Graubünden's Cultural Promotion Prize. [3]

From 2013 to 2014 she was a radio presenter at Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha (RTR). [4]

Her first major CD project was "Alba da la Clozza" (2009), featuring Romansh music. Subsequent albums were "Ingio vasch" (Where Are You Going?), "Eu vegn cun tai" (I'm Coming with You), and "Sdruogliar" (Awakening).

With her duet with Carlos Leal, but also with solo pieces such as "Lascha a Mai", Bibi Vaplan has achieved regular airplay on Radio SRF 3.

In 2016, Bibi Vaplan published her first Romansh-German book. [5]

Bibi Vaplan is on tour with the Popcorn Opera in 2025. [6] The tour will stop in St. Moritz, Lucerne, Biel and Bern. [7]

Music

Film and theatre music

Since 2003, Mayer has been writing compositions for plays and films, working on ten projects from 2004 to 2008. She was a composition assistant for the soundtracks of the films Vitus (Fredi Murer, 2005), I was a Swiss Banker (Thomas Imbach, 2007) und Happy New Year (Christoph Schaub, 2008), among others. [3]

Alba da la Clozza

After her studies, Mayer was active as a singer and guitarist in the rock band Alba da la Clozza until 2009. [4]

Bibi Vaplan

Since 2010, Mayer has developed a quieter and more contemplative musical style. Bibi, va plan! means "Bianca, go slowly!" in her Romansh idiom Vallader dialect and is intended to be a programme. As Bibi Vaplan, she writes the lyrics and the music, sings, and plays the piano and harpsichord. The 2012 album Sdruogiar ( German: Awakening) was created in collaboration with the Graubünden Chamber Philharmonic  [ de ]. [8]

Bianca Mayer's lyrics are always about Vallader. The songwriter says about her personal motivation for making music:

"Music helps me escape, understand, feel, or find my feet again when I'm lost in something. If I were completely content, I wouldn't have to make music. I'd rather go for coffee with friends."

—  Engadiner Post from 15 November 2012

Discography

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Bibi Vaplan". stagend.com (in Swiss High German). Archived from the original on 2024-12-02. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  2. ↑ "Bianca Mayer". Mx3.ch. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  3. 1 2 3 Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha: Sendung [ dead link ] von 2009, aufgerufen am 2. September 2013.
  4. 1 2 Herold, Richard. "Bibi Vaplans Balladen in «Rätoromanisch-Moll»". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in Swiss High German). Archived from the original on 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  5. ↑ "Bibi Vaplan – Rumantsch è…" (in German). Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  6. ↑ "POPCORN OPERA". Laudinella St. Moritz (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  7. ↑ "POPCORN OPERA". Laudinella St. Moritz. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  8. ↑ "Engadiner Post, Posta Ladina | Bianca Mayer e sia rolla da «Bibi Vaplan»". 2016-06-24. Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
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