BREAKING:
Pianist and composer Manon Mullener is the winner of the 2026 Swiss Jazz Award. The Fribourg-born musician, who will receive her award on July 2, 2026, as part of the JazzAscona festival, is being honoured for the scope of her international career.
Manon Mullener is one of the “leading figures on the Swiss jazz scene”, organisers stated in a press release on Thursday, May 21, 2026. The musician performs at the world’s most prestigious festivals.
Born in 1997 in Fribourg, she began playing the piano at the age of four. She turned to jazz and Afro-Cuban musical traditions in Havana at the age of 17, before studying at the Bern University of the Arts.
For her second album, Insomnia, pianist Manon Mullener performs with a quintet formed by young musicians bursting with creativity from the Swiss jazz scene.
With Insomnia, we witness the diversity that jazz has to offer. Influences sometimes jazz, sometimes Latin, Manon makes us travel in her universe for a colourful result and a guaranteed freshness.
These musical explorations remain animated by Manon’s trademark: an overflowing energy and a groove that never fails to make one dream and even dance.
