TicTacTalk with Conradin Liesch and And Schnoz, guitarist and teacher at Kanti-s-wings

On Thursday 18 March at 8 pm, the ‘TicTacTalk’ at the Kulturhuus will be entirely dedicated to the Tastentage. The guest will be the Chur-based musician Andi Schnoz. With his band project ‘Kanti-s-wings’, which he has led for over 20 years, he has trained and shaped an entire generation of talented young musicians. The “Kanti-S-wings” will also be performing at the Tastentage in 2027. One of the members will join Andi Schnoz as a guest on “TicTacTalk” in the foyer of the Kulturhuus Klosters.

Andi Schnoz
Over the years, Andi Schnoz has regularly contributed to major projects on the Graubünden music scene. But that’s not all: he has brought his own musical ideas to life in a constantly evolving array of groups, such as ‘Schnozgroup’, ‘Schnozemb.e’ and ‘Schnoz’s Darkbeat’. As a reliable session musician, he has also regularly shared the stage with various artists: Michael Neff, Arno Camenisch, Martina Hug, Christian Riesch and the Graubünden-based ‘Mountain Rat Pack’. Various band projects such as ‘Amüset’ and countless theatre productions, for example at the Klibühni in Chur, have been able to count on his inventiveness and creativity. And last but not least, he has also performed a programme with his brother, the actor René Schnoz.

Kanti-S-wings
As a teacher at the Chur Music School, he took over what was then the teacher-training college band 20 years ago and transformed it into a group that works on and performs a variety of repertoires with the cantonal school pupils. Pop singers Mel D and Paula Mia were part of the ‘Kanti-S-wings’, as were jazz bassist Vito Cadonau and many others who have since made music their profession. The fact that the ‘Kanti-S-wings’ have a high turnover is to be expected: ‘It’s challenging to keep adapting to new band members time and again. But there are also those who stay on for a long time, taking part in several projects in succession.’
During the ‘Tastentage’, the ‘Kanti-s-wings’ work on a stage programme with one of the performing artists – such as pianist Florian Favre or accordionist Goran Kovačević – which they then perform as part of the festival.
In the ‘TicTacTalk’ at the Kulturhuus, Andi Schnoz explains what has consistently driven him over the years to develop new projects.