Bianca Mayer

Bibi Vaplan (stage name of Bianca Mayer) (born 17 May 1979) is a Swiss Romansh musician and singer.

Life Mayer was born in 1979 in Scuol, Graubünden, Switzerland, and grew up in the Engadine valley. She completed her piano studies at the Zurich University of Music (ZHdK) in 2005 with a teaching diploma.

During her studies, she composed for films and theater (including for Vitus), and toward the end of her studies, she began teaching herself. In 2009, Mayer won the Canton of Graubünden's Cultural Promotion Prize.

From 2013 to 2014 she was a radio presenter at Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha (RTR).

Her first major CD project was "Alba da la Clozza" (2009), featuring Romansh music. Subsequent albums were "Ingio vasch" (Where Are You Going?), "Eu vegn cun tai" (I'm Coming with You), and "Sdruogliar" (Awakening).

With her duet with Carlos Leal, but also with solo pieces such as "Lascha a Mai", Bibi Vaplan has achieved regular airplay on Radio SRF 3.

In 2016, Bibi Vaplan published her first Romansh-German book.

Bibi Vaplan is on tour with the Popcorn Opera in 2025. The tour will stop in St. Moritz, Lucerne, Biel and Bern.

Music

Film and theatre music Since 2003, Mayer has been writing compositions for plays and films, working on ten projects from 2004 to 2008. She was a composition assistant for the soundtracks of the films Vitus (Fredi Murer, 2005), I Was a Swiss Banker (Thomas Imbach, 2007) und Happy New Year (Christoph Schaub, 2008), among others.

Bianca Mayer's lyrics are always about Vallader. The songwriter says about her personal motivation for making music:

Discography

Albums Üna jada intuorn as Alba da la Clozza, 2009. Ingio vasch? as Bibi Vaplan, 2011. Eu vegn cun tai as Bibi Vaplan, 2011. Sdruogliar as Bibi Vaplan, 2012. Cul vent as Bibi Vaplan, 2015. Cler Cler as Bibi Vaplan, 2018.

EPs and singles

60 minuts (Verisun radio) as Bibi Vaplan in 2015. Las dumondas (Radio Edit) as Bibi Vaplan in 2015. Milli Bels Guottins as Bibi Vaplan in 2017. Miss Pompus/Swiss Press Song 18 as Bibi Vaplan in 2018. Crazy Popcorn 1 as Bibi Vaplan in 2020. Captain Flamingo as Bibi Vaplan in 2021. Glüna 3.7 as Bibi Vaplan in 2021. Madagascar as Bibi Vaplan in 2022. Crazy Popcorn 2 as Bibi Vaplan in 2022. Glüna 3.9 as Bibi Vaplan in 2023. Culurio as Bibi Vaplan in 2024. Edi Plop as Bibi Vaplan in 2025.

Awards

2009: Promotional Prize of the Canton of Graubünden. 2014: Grant from the Canton of Graubünden. 2015: Grant from the Canton of Graubünden.