Manuel Engel is a composer, arranger and recipient of a Chrysler Jazz Award/14th Annual BILLBOARD World Song Contest WINNER/Excellence in Songwriting Award

Has attended the Swiss Jazz School in Bern and the New School University in NYC

Toured in Switzerland, Europe and the U.S., including performances in Berlin/Germany, New York/USA: Jazz Standard, Smalls, Knitting Factory, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, B.B. King (Showcase for MBK Entertainment), BAM at Fort Greene Park, Village Soul Festival, Top Events of Switzerland at Lincoln Center (Kaplan Penthouse) and Washington DC/USA (John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts)

BANDS:

ME3 / Meta Marie Louise / Bienne City (BNC) Arkestra

Worked and studied with Chico Freeman, Richie Beirach, William Evans, Andy McKee, George Robert, Doug Weiss, Karsh Kale, and George Garzone.