# Lisa Schettner

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Lisa Schettner
| image             = 
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}}
| birth_place       = 
| genre             = {{flatlist|
*[folk](/source/Folk_music)
*[Celtic](/source/Celtic_music)
*[medieval](/source/Medieval_music)
*pop
*[folk rock](/source/folk_rock)
*[bluegrass](/source/Bluegrass_music)
*[EDM](/source/Electronic_dance_music)}}
| occupation        = Singer-songwriter, musician, producer
| instrument        = Piano, guitar, [irish flute](/source/irish_flute)
| years_active      = 2016–present
| website           = {{URL|lisaschettner.com}}
}}
'''Elisabeth Schettner''', known as '''Lisa Schettner''' (previously '''Liz Schettner'''), is a French singer-songwriter and producer, of French, Czech and German descent.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Shackleton |first=Jessica |date=2026-03-12 |title=Local musicians Lisa Schettner and Mark Towstego to perform at Toronto Reference Library |url=https://beachmetro.com/2026/03/12/local-musicians-lisa-schettner-and-mark-towstego-to-perform-at-toronto-reference-library/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260313230929/https://beachmetro.com/2026/03/12/local-musicians-lisa-schettner-and-mark-towstego-to-perform-at-toronto-reference-library/ |archive-date=2026-03-13 |access-date=2026-03-13 |website=Beach Metro Community News |language=en-CA}}</ref>

Environmentalist and human rights defender, Schettner is known for her activism through her songwriting, including her songs "Wild", "Hands Off Ukraine", "[Bayraktar](/source/Bayraktar_(song)) [Mashup Edition]", and "Out of Touch". Most of her other songs are romantic, folk, medieval, Celtic ballads.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

Schettner's song "Bayraktar [Mashup Edition]", written in collaboration with Ukrainian colonel [Taras Borovok](/source/Taras_Borovok),<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> talks about t[he invasion of Ukraine in February 2022](/source/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine). Major newspapers, such as [''The Telegraph''](/source/The_Telegraph_(UK))<ref>{{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}}</ref> and [''La Dépêche''](/source/La_D%C3%A9p%C3%AAche_du_Midi),<ref>{{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}}</ref> picked up the story, and the song was also shared on the official [Telegram](/source/Telegram_(software)) page of the Ukrainian parliament.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The single made it to the Ukrainian hit parade, and has been played on Ukrainian radio stations.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> "Bayraktar [Mashup Edition]" is referenced in Tjasa Mohar and Victor Kennedy's book ''Words, Music and Propaganda'', published in 2023.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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](/source/Cambridge_University_Press).<ref>{{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 |volume=42 |issue=4 |language=en |pages=395–415 |doi=10.1017/S0261143024000047 |issn=0261-1430|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tsertsvadze |first=Tamuna |title=Gift of the Fox |publisher=Independently Published |year=2018 |isbn=9781983246135}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> Following that, Schettner wrote "Edmund's Lullaby", based on Tsertsvadze's lyrics, as a soundtrack for Tsertsvadze's novel ''Zodiac Circle''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lisa Schettner – Edmund's Lullaby |url=https://genius.com/Lisa-schettner-edmunds-lullaby-lyrics |website=Genius |access-date=2024-07-07}}</ref>

Schettner's folk songs "Up High" and "Great Expectations" were elected for the ''Celtic Top 20'' of the [Irish & Celtic Music Podcast](/source/Irish_and_Celtic_Music_Podcast).<ref>{{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}}</ref> Additionally, "Up High" received an honourable mention in the Texas Scot Talent contest.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>{{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](/source/Ed_Sadler),<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{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}}</ref> Hilary Carrington, [Simon Carrington](/source/Simon_Carrington), [Carole Tarlington](/source/Carole_Tarlington) and [Cameron Bancroft](/source/Cameron_Bancroft_(actor)). Her training continued at [The Lir Academy](/source/The_Lir_Academy) and [Rose Bruford College](/source/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](/source/So_You_Think_You_Can_Dance_Canada_season_4)), and the Viennese [Elmayer dance school](/source/Elmayer_dance_school). In 2017, after passing her entrance exams, Lisa Schettner was accepted for studies at [Berklee College of Music](/source/Berklee_College_of_Music) in Boston.<ref>{{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}}</ref>{{sps|date=July 2024}}

== References ==
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