About Camille Santacroce

Camille Santacroce playing an electric guitar on stage, with a microphone nearby, motion blur creates a sense of movement.
Camille Santacroce's signature look includes stylised cross-stitches, referring to her swiss heritage
Musician Camille Santacroce's visual graphics evoke the abstract and experimental nature of her music.
Singer-songwriter Camille Santacroce singing into a microphone while playing a white electric guitar on stage, with purple stage lights in the background.
A symmetrical cross-stitch pattern which ties music to temporality

Camille Santacroce she/her (2001) is a Swiss musician, singer, and composer.

Raised in French-speaking Switzerland in an artistic environment, she began playing the violin at an early age before later turning to guitar and voice. She studied jazz voice at the Bern University of the Arts and has been based in Bern ever since, where she collaborates with various artists from the local scene.

Her music moves between singer-songwriter pop, post-punk, and experimental improvised music, combining carefully crafted compositions with raw improvisation.

She is currently involved in several musical projects, including Deluxe Lynx, ottotto, and primarily her band Via Fucina, with which she releases her debut album Heart Shaped Confetti  in March 2026 (Irascible Music).

  • She grew up in west-Switzerland, surrounded by music in a family passionate about the arts. She began playing the violin at a very young age with her aunt and continued her musical education throughout her childhood and teenage years, also exploring guitar, music theory, singing, and choir. After completing a bilingual high school diploma with a focus on music, including a year-long exchange in London, as well as many years of studying voice and guitar at the Conservatoire du Nord Vaudois and the Swiss Jazz School, Camille was admitted to the Bern University of the Arts (HKB), where she studied in Efrat Alony’s vocal class. In June 2024, she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Jazz and Contemporary singing with distinction (excellent). Since September 2024, she has been pursuing a Master’s degree in Performance in Jazz and Contemporary Music at the same institution. As part of this progamm, she has had the opportunity to work with renowned musicians such as Colin Vallon, Andreas Schaerer, Jim Black, Patrice Moret, Ralph Alessi, Biliana Voutchkova and many others.

    Alongside her studies, Camille is very active on the Swiss music scene, performing in various projects as a singer, guitarist, and improviser. She has notably collaborated and played with pianist Florian Favre, guitarist Rob Luft, and trumpeter Matthieu Michel.

  • Her music is highly diverse, drawing from jazz, pop, rock, and even punk influences. Her compositional approach goes beyond genre boundaries, incorporating a wide range of dynamics and textures. The result is music that lies somewhere between lyric-driven songwriting and experimental music. Some of her works appear highly abstract, even improvised such as a duo for bass clarinet and voice while others are fully arranged and feature richer, more elaborate instrumentation.

    Improvisation plays a key role in her artistic practice, whether on stage, during performances, or throughout the compositional process. In her performances, she embraces contrast and explores different colors of her voice, sometimes delicate and fragile, sometimes loud, direct, and intense

  • She draws inspiration from artists she deeply admires, such as Thom Yorke, Adrianne Lenker, Björk, Sidsel Endresen, Blonde Redhead and many others.