Onésia Rithner, Demotape Clinic POP winner with “Comfort Song” (2011)
Biography
born in 1986 in Monthey (VS) / Pop
Musical training:
In order to be able to style her electro-pop according to her own ideas, the piano and guitar-playing singer, Onésia Rithner, started studying to be a sound engineer in 2006 . She first studied in London and afterwards in Zurich, where she received her “Bachelor in Recording Arts” in December 2009.
After her studies, Onésia Rithner dedicated her time exclusively to song production. It took a whole year until her first work “D’Accords” was finished. The end product is an impressive 12-song album with four English and eight French tracks. The album was produced in Rithner’s home studio in Canton Valais and in Portland (Maine, USA).
The work paid off: Onésia Rithner was a winner at this year’s Demotape Clinic at the m4music Festival in Zurich with the title “Comfort Song” in the “pop” category.
She also drew attention to herself in earlier competitions: in 2009, she won the IGSU Anti Littering Song Contest with the song “Sous les déchets la plage” on MX3.ch, a music platform of the radio stations DRS 3, Couleur 3 and Rete 3. In 2008, she was selected by the French singer Francis Cabrel for his “Rencontres d’Astaffort”. And in the same year, she represented Switzerland at the “Du Haut des Airs” event which took place on ten dates between the Francofolies music festival in Spa (BE) and Montreal (CA). The event was organised by the “Société pour l’Avancement de la Chanson d’Expression Française” with the aim of promoting French-language music.
Musical activities:
at the moment, Onésia Rithner performs on stage with her two band colleagues Raphael Pedroli (drums) and Franco Mento (machines and electronics).
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Awards
- 2011: Demotape Clinic, winner in the “pop” category with “Comfort Song”
- 2009: GSU Anti-Littering Song Contest, winner with “Sous les déchets la plage”
- 2008: Selected by the French singer Francis Cabrel for the “Rencontres D'Astaffort”
Links
http://www.onesiarithner.com http://www.facebook.com/onesia.rithner http://www.mx3.ch/artist/onesia http://www.myspace.com/onesiarithner http://www.twitter.com/onesiarithner