Swiss-born, New York-based pianist born in 1981. In 2006, he obtained his Teaching Diploma (with congratulations of the jury) from the AMR Professional Jazz School in Geneva. In 2003, he was awarded a grant from the Friedlwald Stiftung Foundation in Zürich. Sebastien Ammann graduated with a Master degree in Jazz Performance from Queens College (New York) in February 2011 after studying with David Berkman, Antonio Hart, Michael Mossman and Howard Brofsky. During his studies, he was awarded the Sir Roland Hanna Fellowship award in recognition of special achievement. Ammann performed with internationally known artists such as Samuel Blaser, Maurice Magnoni, Michaël Attias, Stefano Saccon, Jeff Baud, Noah Garabedian, Béatrice Graff and Nathan Ellman-Bell.
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