Lisa Schettner

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| occupation = singer-songwriter, musician, producer

| instrument = piano, guitar, Irish flute

| years_active = 2016-present

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Elisabeth Schettner, known as Lisa Schettner (previously Liz Schettner), is a French singer-songwriter and producer, of French, Czech and German descent.

Environmentalist and human rights defender, Schettner is known for her activism through her songwriting, including her songs "Wild", "Hands Off Ukraine", "Bayraktar [Mashup Edition]", and "Out of Touch". Most of her other songs are romantic, folk, medieval, Celtic ballads.{{Cite web |title=Liz Schettner diffuse ses mélodies sur internet |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2016/11/09/2455203-liz-schettner-diffuse-ses-melodies-sur-internet.html |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=ladepeche.fr |language=fr}}

Schettner's song "Bayraktar [Mashup Edition]", written in collaboration with Ukrainian colonel Taras Borovok,{{Cite web |last=Скуб |first=Дария |date=2022-05-21 |title=Меня хотели убрать c шахматной доски как сильную боевую единицу – эксклюзивное интервью с автором песни Байрактар {{!}} композитор Элизабет Шеттнер опубликовала ремикс этой композиции |url=https://news.obozrevatel.com/show/people/menya-hoteli-ubrat-iz-shahmatnoj-doski-kak-silnuyu-boevuyu-edinitsu-eksklyuzivnoe-intervyu-s-avtorom-pesni-bajraktar.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702101106/https://news.obozrevatel.com/show/people/menya-hoteli-ubrat-iz-shahmatnoj-doski-kak-silnuyu-boevuyu-edinitsu-eksklyuzivnoe-intervyu-s-avtorom-pesni-bajraktar.htm |archive-date=2022-07-02 |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=OBOZREVATEL NEWS |language=uk}}{{Cite web |date=21 May 2022 |title="Меня хотели убрать c шахматной доски как сильную боевую единицу" – эксклюзивное интервью с автором песни "Байрактар" {{!}} Ведь известно, что ее уже перевели на иностранные языки, а французская певица и композитор Элизабет Шеттнер опубликовала ремикс этой композиции. |url=https://antikor.com.ua/articles/547429-menja_hoteli_ubratj_c_shahmatnoj_doski_kak_siljnuju_boevuju_edinitsu__ekskljuzivnoe_intervjju_s_avtorom_pesni_bajraktar |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220702101747/https://antikor.com.ua/articles/547429-menja_hoteli_ubratj_c_shahmatnoj_doski_kak_siljnuju_boevuju_edinitsu__ekskljuzivnoe_intervjju_s_avtorom_pesni_bajraktar |archive-date=2022-07-02 |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=antikor.com.ua}} talks about the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Major newspapers, such as The Telegraph{{Cite web |last=Cummings |first=Ed |date=16 May 2022 |title=The game-changing Turkish drones tormenting the Russians |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/05/16/turkish-drones-changed-game-ukraine-come-catchy-ditty/ |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519213713/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/05/16/turkish-drones-changed-game-ukraine-come-catchy-ditty/ |archive-date=2022-05-19 |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=The Telegraph}} and La Dépêche,{{Cite web |last=Leleu |first=Patrick |date=28 May 2022 |title=Composée par une Lotoise, une chanson pour l'Ukraine devient un hymne de résistance |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2022/05/27/composee-par-une-lotoise-une-chanson-pour-lukraine-devient-un-hymne-de-resistance-10322108.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220528123137/https://www.ladepeche.fr/amp/2022/05/27/composee-par-une-lotoise-une-chanson-pour-lukraine-devient-un-hymne-de-resistance-10322108.php |archive-date=28 May 2022 |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=La Dépêche |language=fr}} picked up the story, and the song was also shared on the official Telegram page of the Ukrainian parliament.{{Cite web |date=9 April 2022 |title=Елізабет Шеттнер - Official account of the Parliament of Ukraine |url=https://t.me/s/verkhovnaradaukrainy?q=%D0%95%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%82+%D0%A8%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513123158/https://t.me/s/verkhovnaradaukrainy?q=%D0%95%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%82+%D0%A8%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80 |archive-date=13 May 2022 |website=Telegram}} The single made it to the Ukrainian hit parade, and has been played on Ukrainian radio stations.{{Cite web |date=14 April 2022 |title=New Radio Hits Ukraine Weekly Chart |url=https://tophit.ru/en/chart/ukraine/weekly/2016-09-05/all/new?current=2022-04-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513103723/https://tophit.ru/en/chart/ukraine/weekly/2016-09-05/all/new?current=2022-04-08 |archive-date=13 May 2022 |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=TopHit Ukraine - highway to airplay |language=uk}}{{Cite web |title=Kiss FM |url=https://onlineradiobox.com/ua/kissfmkropivnitskiy/playlist/4 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220705205935/https://onlineradiobox.com/ua/kissfmkropivnitskiy/playlist/6?cs=ua.kissfmkropivnitskiy |archive-date=2022-07-05 |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=OnlineRadioBox.com}}{{cite web |access-date=2022-07-06 |archive-date=2022-07-06 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220706094339/https://www.kissfm.ua/podcast/103881-ukraine-dancing-muzyka-viyny-2022-za-krok-do-peremogy-vypusk-226-naykraschi-ukrayinski-remiksy-hotmix-by-lipich/ |language=uk |title=За крок до перемоги! Випуск #226. Найкращі українські ремікси (Hotmix by Lipich) — Ukraine Dancing. Музика війни 2022 — Kiss FM Ukraine |url=https://www.kissfm.ua/podcast/103881-ukraine-dancing-muzyka-viyny-2022-za-krok-do-peremogy-vypusk-226-naykraschi-ukrayinski-remiksy-hotmix-by-lipich/ |website=www.kissfm.ua}}{{Cite web |title=Які пісні звучали в ефірі сьогодні — Kiss FM Ukraine |url=https://www.kissfm.ua/playlist/29-06-2022.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220705210355/https://www.kissfm.ua/playlist/29-06-2022.html |archive-date=2022-07-05 |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=Kiss FM |language=uk}} "Bayraktar [Mashup Edition]" is referenced in Tjasa Mohar and Victor Kennedy's book Words, Music and Propaganda, published in 2023.{{Cite book |last1=Mohar |first1=Tjaša |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W2LvEAAAQBAJ |title=Words, Music and Propaganda |last2=Kennedy |first2=Victor |date=2023-12-20 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-5275-5295-1 |language=en}} The song is also the subject of the article Not your ordinary drone: odes to the Bayraktar in the Russia–Ukraine war, published in 2024 by the Cambridge University Press.{{Cite journal |last=Andrianova |first=Anastassiya |date=2024-03-11 |title=Not your ordinary drone: odes to the Bayraktar in the Russia–Ukraine war |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/popular-music/article/abs/not-your-ordinary-drone-odes-to-the-bayraktar-in-the-russiaukraine-war/70114AECB4AF1B7FF530403DB8915CF7 |journal=Popular Music |language=en |pages=1–21 |doi=10.1017/S0261143024000047 |issn=0261-1430}}

Georgian writer Tamuna Tsertsvadze, in her book Gift of the Fox, named one of the main characters Liz Schettner, in honour of the singer-songwriter.{{Cite book |last=Tsertsvadze |first=Tamuna |title=Gift of the Fox |publisher=Independently Published |year=2018 |isbn=9781983246135}}{{Cite web |title=Gift of the Fox by Tamuna Tsertvadze |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40616158-gift-of-the-fox |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=Goodreads |language=en}} Following that, Schettner wrote "Edmund's Lullaby", based on Tsertsvadze's lyrics, as a soundtrack for Tsertsvadze's novel Zodiac Circle.{{Cite web |title=Lisa Schettner – Edmund's Lullaby |url=https://genius.com/Lisa-schettner-edmunds-lullaby-lyrics |website=Genius |access-date=2024-07-07}}

Schettner's folk songs "Up High" and "Great Expectations" were elected for the Celtic Top 20 of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast.{{Cite web |last=Gunn |first=Marc |date=31 December 2021 |title=Irish & Celtic Music Podcast: Celtic Music Top 20 of 2020 |url=https://celticmusicpodcast.com/celtic-music-top-20-of-2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220702133747/https://celticmusicpodcast.com/celtic-music-top-20-of-2020 |archive-date=2022-07-02 |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=celticmusicpodcast.com |language=en}} Additionally, "Up High" received an honourable mention in the Texas Scot Talent contest.{{Cite web |title=Texas Scots Talent |url=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnunxj_H4nUuqtv4h20aiKCKJsthcTXDb |publisher=Texas Scottish Festival & Highland Games |access-date=2024-07-07 |via=YouTube |language=en}} Schettner's track "Baby Beauty" reached international popularity, has been used by thousands of social media users, and is regularly played at baby shower parties.{{Cite web |title=Baby-Beauty (Baby Shower Song) created by Lisa Schettner {{!}} Popular songs on TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/music/Baby-Beauty-Baby-Shower-Song-6764194828642158594?lang=en |access-date=2024-07-07 |via=TikTok}}{{Unreliable source inline|date=July 2024}}

Early life and education

During her childhood and teenage years, Schettner received private training by artists such as, among others, Ed Sadler,{{Cite web |title=Liz Schettner défend la nature en chansons |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2017/04/13/2555522-liz-schettner-defend-la-nature-en-chansons.html |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=ladepeche.fr |language=fr}} Hilary Carrington, Simon Carrington, Carole Tarlington and Cameron Bancroft. Her training continued at The Lir Academy and Rose Bruford College. Lisa Schettner's dance skills, first oriented towards ballet, lyrical and jazz, flourished under the influence of Teya Wild (finalist in So You Think You Can Dance Canada, Season 4), and the Viennese Elmayer dance school. In 2017, after passing her entrance exams, Lisa Schettner was accepted for studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston.{{Cite web |title=Lisa Schettner Lyrics, Songs and Albums |url=https://genius.com/artists/Lisa-schettner |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=Genius |language=en}}{{sps|date=July 2024}}

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