OMEGA Yves Theiler Trio

• 1 For Four 06:09
• 2 Béla Bartók Is Lost 06:38
• 3 The Circle 07:03
• 4 Omega 08:18
• 5 The Legacy Of An Old Feeling 08:17
• 6 Broken Dreams 06:11
• Total Runtime 42:36

Info for OMEGA

With the fifth album, OMEGA, the Yves Theiler Trio, joined by guest musician Bardia Charaf on tenor saxophone, transports listeners into a soundscape filled with playfulness, depth, and sophisticated compositions. Pianist Yves Theiler, who once again serves as the composer and arranger of all pieces, creates a pulsating unity alongside Luca Sisera on double bass and Lukas Mantel on drums — blending jazz with pop influences and even touches of modern classical music.

The album opens with For Four, celebrating the playful dialogue between the musicians before transitioning into Béla Bartók is Lost — an homage to the great composer Bartók, inspired by his structural forms yet infused with a fresh sense of improvisational freedom. The Circle and the title track Omega weave a hypnotic dramaturgy, elegantly bringing the cycle of musical ideas to a close. The Legacy of an Old Feeling captures a hint of nostalgia, while the closing piece, Broken Dreams, gracefully draws the listener back from this daydream into the present moment.

OMEGA is an album that masterfully balances structure and free flow, tradition and modernity. It invites listeners to be swept away by dynamic interaction, expressive melodies, and vibrant rhythms — another milestone in the artistic evolution of the Yves Theiler Trio.

Yves Theiler Trio

Yves Theiler
Born in Zürich, Switzerland, on 23rd of December 1987.

Originally from Zurich (Switzerland), Yves Theiler showed incredible musical skills from an early age. After graduating from the K&S Art School for exceptionally talented instrumentalists, he obtained his first Master degree of Arts in Pedagogy at the University of Zurich (Switzerland). During his studying he was an Erasmus exchange student at HMT Leipzig (Germany) with professor Richie Beirach and later he obtained the second Master degree in music performance at University of Lucerne (Switzerland). He studied piano as a major and drums as a minor subject.

Yves Theiler made himself a name in the European music scene over the past years as a young improvising, jazz and cross over pianist. He also got known as a composer and arranger for various projects ranging from the works for his jazz piano trio, re-arranging classical music like Wagner for jazz duo, composing minimal music with composed solos for a classical guitar duo, arranging music from the early modern age for jazz piano trio plus saxophone, to pop pieces.

He is the band leader and composer for the Yves Theiler Trio, for which he developed a very unique rhythm concept, composing grooves and patterns as well for his rhythm section. As a co-member, he is part of the DUO Omri Ziegele & Yves Theiler and the duo Raetus Flisch & Yves Theiler «Plays Wagner».

He was on international tours with his band Yves Theiler Trio, with the Matthias Tschopp Quartet, Roofer, Plot+ and Where’s Africa to name a few. As a solo artist he performed at St. Moritz Festival da Jazz, at Winterthur Radio Festival, OHR Festival Zurich, at Musicamorfosi Festival Italy, at the national radio station RAI 3 in Italy, etc. With his main output Yves Theiler Trio, he toured around the world in countries such as: England (swiss music export), Austria, Romania, Italy, Jordania, Egypt, Guatemala, China, India and Germany.

Yves has played with several international musicians like: Terrence McManus (US), Omri Ziegele (IL/CH), Christoph Grab (CH), Marcel Papeaux (CH), Alexander Hawkins (UK), Efrat Alony (IL), Makaya N’tshoko (SA), Raetus Flisch (CH), Uli Kempendorff (DE), Rudi Mahall (DE), Yuri Goloubev (RU), Rich Greenblatt (US), Uwe Steinmetz (DE), Alexey Kruglov (RU), Gerry Hemingway (US), and Tony Renold (CH), among many others.

As a sideman, Yves plays currently with the Matthias Tschopp Quartet, Luca Sisera’s Roofer and Colliding Particles.

This album contains no booklet.