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Chrigel Glanzmann
Glanzmann, 2023
Background information
Birth name	Christian Oliver Ivan Glanzmann
Born	(1975-05-26) 26 May 1975 (age 48) Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
Origin	Winterthur, Zürich, Switzerland
Genres	Folk metal melodic death metal Celtic metal
Occupation(s)	Musician singer songwriter record producer
Instrument(s)	Vocals mandola whistles pipes gaita acoustic guitar bodhrán harp sitar
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Nuclear Blast Fear Dark
Member of	Eluveitie
Website	Eluveitie's website Branâ Keternâ's website

Christian Oliver Ivan Glanzmann (born 26 May 1975) is a Swiss musician, singer, songwriter and record producer, best known as the male lead vocalist of Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie. He also plays mandola, whistles, and bagpipes in Branâ Keternâ.

Early life

Glanzmann was born on 26 May 1975 in Basel, Switzerland.

Equipment

• Throat/Shure SM58
• Mandola (Koch)
• Tin & low whistles (Karavev & Burkes)
• Electric bagpipes (Redpipes)
• Gaita
• Acoustic guitar
• Bodhrán
• Audix Microphones

Discography

With Eluveitie

Studio albums

• Spirit (2006)
• Slania (2008)
• Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion (2009)
• Everything Remains (As It Never Was) (2010)
• Helvetios (2012)
• Origins (2014)
• Evocation II: Pantheon (2017)
• Ategnatos (2019)

With Branâ Keternâ

• vJod

With Môr Cylch

• Craic

Guest appearances

• Folkearth – I
• Roy – Anthems
• Amorphis – Under the Red Cloud
• Amorphis – Queen of Time
• Illumishade – Tales of Time
• Ad Infinitum – "Legends" from the album Chapter III: Downfall (2023)

External links

• Interview with Eluveitie mastermind Chrigel Glanzmann
• Eluveitie interview - a conversation with guitarist Chrigel Glanzmann Archived 2008-04-01 at the Wayback Machine