VERONIKA'S NDIIGO meld world music, folk and jazz and a singer-songwriter style to bring listeners to an enchanted world of dreams. With playful improvisation and beautifully crafted songs, the band has created a heart warming sound to add to their always lively performances.
„I loved your CDs. But what you performed live was outstanding and belongs to the eternal Top 5 of all concerts in Stauffacher." R.Baumberger, artistic director "Stauffacher Bern"
"Veronika’s Ndiigo: Music to dream about and fall in love with! These top musicians and Veronika's enchanting voice take you to a journey through the musical univeres. I recommend this band to all bookers!"
Dänu Schneider, artistic director „Le Singe“ Biel
"An unforgettable concert at Music Days Stäfa and a wonderful sound and vocal adventure with amazing musicians!!! Veronika is an artist who touches the audiences' souls with her voice from the her depth being."
Anouck Van Oordt, artistic director „Music Days Stäfa"
"Not only the audience but also me had a lot of fun at your concert. Your band is truely excellent! It sounds coherent, versatile, unique!
Artistic Director "Musik am Zürisee"
VERONIKA'S NDIIGO are:
Veronika: Gesang, Gitarre, Geige
Moussa Cissokho: Kora, Gesang
Oli Hartung: Gitarre
Antonio Schiavano: Bass
Samuel Baur: Perkussion, Gesang
Four years passed since their last CD production "Feel It All" Now the band released their new album in May 2018: FLY! So far the band has performed in various national and international festivals, open airs, clubs. Their music was able to inspire a broad audience.
Veronika's new songs are continuing her style and are evolving at the same time. Her music stands still to listen to the little and big wonders of life. She calls her new album "FLY" after the song "Fly" who encourages to follow the way of the heart. Prince Moussa Cissokhos powerful voice is given more space in this album. He sings in Wolof, the language of his origin Senegal.
Toni Schiavanos souly bass play is melting with Oli Hartungs goovy guitar lines and Samuel Baurs sonouros rhythms to a musical carpet upon which Veronika's touching, haunting voice and Moussa's virtuouse Kora play can unfold itself beautifully.
Authentic Light Orchestra is an international band and it was founded by multi-instrumentalist and composer Valeri Tolstov and jazzsinger Veronika Stalder in 2009 with an idea to combine different musical genres such as world, jazz, pop, armenian folk and classical music, arranged and/or composed by Valeri Tolstov. The band is based in Switzerland but it consists of musicians from Armenia, Russia, Germany, Switzerland and Kazakhstan.
The above mentioned genres are harmonically supplementing each other by this producing and original interpretation of Armenian folk.
The singer Veronika Stalder sings Armenian folk songs in armenian language as it was her mother tongue. It was often mentioned by critics in armenian press.
From 2009 to 2014 the band has performed about 70 concerts in 40 cities including a concert in Kremlin Palace in Moscow for an audience of 4000 people. The band has also won the grand prix of Armvision contest Tsovits Tsov for best arangement and performance of a folk song.
In 2014 the band released the second studio album Forgotten Runes on Art Beat music label.
In 2016 A.L.O. producing the song "Sari Sirun Yar" with Serj Tankian for the Hollywood movie "The Promise" (Terry George).
In 2016 Authentic Light Orchestra received the first Russian World Music Award.
At this moment the band is working on their new album and plans to present it in the coming year 2018!
more info: www.alo-music.com