Jonas Kocher
Jonas Kocher is a Swiss composer and accordionist, born in Nyon in 1977. He works in improvised and experimental music, and his process-oriented pieces move between composed theatre, installation and concert work. He performs in many duos and ensembles, among them a long-standing trio with Jacques Demierre and Axel Dörner. Kocher studied at the Bern University of the Arts with Teodoro Anzellotti, Pierre Sublet and Georges Aperghis, and now teaches improvisation there. With Demierre and Dörner he plays in the DDK Trio (Cone of Confusion, Bruit, 2018; A Right to Silence, 2023).
Solo
“Jonas Kocher: accordion, objects. Recorder october 23rd 2010 at 'zoom in' Festival Bern. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Fabio Oehrli, Tonlabor. Edited as 300 cds, screenprinted, 18x14cm. Whereas his earlier solo record, “materials”, was the result of a research work in studio, “Solo” shows how Jonas Kocher brillantly uses his accordion in concert. His music caries in itself huge contrasts, between reserve and explosion, as if this dualitly was engraved in the back and forth bellows's mo…
Materials
Jonas KOCHER: accordion, objects, electronics. 'Using several extended technics, his practice is situeted at the border between sound, noise and theatrality. The instrument is considerated in his globality as sound & noise producer.' Recorded at Steim, Amsterdam, january 2009. Mastered by Christian Weber.