Born in 1977, Jonas Kocher works in the field of new music theatre, improvisation and composition. His theatral and/or music compositions have been played at the Biennale Bern, Theater Basel, Zentrum Paul Klee, Festival Encuentros Buenos Aires (ARG), KlangKunstBühne Berlin (D), Theater Spektakel Zürich, Festival Oorsmeer, Belgium, Centre Dürrenmatt, ...
He regulary composes music for radio features (Hörspiele) for the swiss radio station DRS2.
He currently plays in many improvised music projects as accordion player and electronic musician. He played with musicians like Paed Conca, Urs Leimgruber, Ensemble Rue du Nord, Thomas Lehn, Hans Koch, Martin Schütz, Christian Weber, Lucien Dubuis, John Menoud, Lukatoyboy, Robert Rosza, Jean Bordé, …
2004/05 : 6 month’s residence at the Cité Internationale des arts, Paris, grant of the Canton de Berne. 2005 : Culture prize of the City of Nyon (CH).
Member of the electro-acoustic project BlindeKinder
Initiator and organizer of the Swiss-Balkan Creative Music Project
