Chronology

Barbara Minder, Isaline Dupraz and Matthieu Amiguet began to work together in 1997. A year after that, they gave their first concerts in Neuchâtel and Lausanne. Since then, they regularly give performances in the French-speaking Switzerland, and not only. In 2000, they assumed the name Les Chemins de Traverse, which, in English, means short cut. Besides the concerts they produce by themselves, Les Chemins de Traverse are often invited to play in different concert’s seasons and events, as the “Carte Musicale de l’été” in Yverdon-les-Bains, the “Konzerte in der Waldaukappelle” in Bern or the “Concerts de Notre-Dame” in Vevey. They took part to the “Schubertiade” organised by Espace 2, in 2005 in Neuchâtel and in 2007 in Fribourg.

Moreover, they have played as soloists in the orchestra of Yverdon, conducted by Christian Delafontaine, and have joined the organ grinder Nicolas Viatte in a programme for three flutes and an organ. They have also created, collaborating with the storyteller Alix Noble Burnand, the tale and musical show L’Arbre à Paroles, performed several times in the French-speaking Switzerland, notably as part of the season 2003-2004 in the “Théâtre du Caveau” in Geneva. During the season 2004-2005, they gave two performances in the “CIMA” museum in Saint-Croix, once in September for a concert with the participation of several music boxes and automatons of the collection, and then in July for the 20th anniversary of the museum. On that occasion, they asked the automaton mime Sandra Barbezat to join them and imagined a brief show that they performed four times during the festivities.

As does the name of the trio suggest, the three of them particularly like to venture off the beaten track, not only through the repertoire they offer but through the places where they play too. By the way, it is possible to hear their music in different open-air places (as the court of the “Musée de la Croix-Rouge” in Geneva), in prisons (through the “Musique et Vie” association) and on trains or alp pastures (as part of the “Flâneries Musicales” in Champéry and in the Chablais in 2003)