Archive

 

 

Live

Radio recordings

Residencies

Lectures, talks, discussions

Workshops

Curating

Grants

Interviews and portraits
Memberships

Education

Misc

 

 

Live

Concerts and festivals in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela

 

 

Radio/TV recordings

arte.tv

RTV SLO

ORF

France Musique

France Culture

Resonance FM

BBC Radio 3

Danmarks Radio

Deutschlandfunk

TV TRT 2

DRS/RSR/RSI

 

 

Residencies

 

Dynamo, Pantin (2021)

Théâtre de Vanves, Vanves (2021)

La Muse en Circuit, Alfortville (2004, 2006, 2020)

Sonoscopia, Porto (2019)

Mains D’Œuvres, Saint-Ouen (2019)

Studio Boerne 45, Berlin (2018)

Jazz à Poitiers, Poitiers (2006, 2007, 2010, 2018)

Art Biennale, Studio Venezia, Venice (2017)

Izlog Festival, Zagreb (2017)

Festival Météo, Mulhouse (2005, 2017)

Festival Densités, Fresnes-en-Woëvre (2015)

Goldsmiths College, London (2006)

Festival NPAI, Parthenay (2004)

Festival Luisances, Brest (2004)

Stralau 68, Berlin (2003)

Instants Chavirés, Montreuil (2003)

Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing (2002)

Radio DRS, Zurich (1993, 1996, 2002)

 

 

Lectures, talks, discussions

 

Lecture and discussion about the book «The Practice of Musical Improvisation» w/ Jean-Luc Guionnet, Gamut Festival, Zurich (2019)

 

Artist talk w/ Patricia Bosshard, Sound Museum, Saint-Petersburg (2017)

 

Panel discussion about the book «L’expérience de l’expérimentation» by Matthieu Saladin, Instants Chavirés, Montreuil (2015)

 

Lecture about the interview project «Expéditions» w/ Jean-Luc Guionnet, Journée d’étude UniCaen, IMEC, Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe (2011)

 

Panel discussion about improvisation w/ Nicolas Durand, Tim Hodgkinson, Daunik Lazro, Anne Montaron, Claude Tchamitchian, Festival All’Improvista, Nantes (2007)

 

Panel discussion about Albert Ayler w/ Jean-Paul Ricard, Guy Villerd, Raymond Boni, Jean-Luc Guionnet, Marc Démereau, Festival Jazz à Luz, Luz-Saint-Sauveur (2004)

 

 

Teaching (workshops)

 

Instants Chavirés, Montreuil (2002, 2018, 2021-2022)

Rendez-Vous Contemporains, Paris (2014-2015/2018-2019)

Luette Agile, Limoges (2018)

Umlaut, Berlin (2017)

CRR, Reims (2014)

CCAM, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy (2010)

Le Crime, Lille (2010)

Festival Météo, Mulhouse (2008)

ENM, Brest (2004)

EDIM, Antony (1999-2001)

 

 

Curating

 

Recordings

 

Remote Resonator netlabel, w/ P.-A. Badaroux and A. Gerbal (2016-2021)

 

Live

 

Umlaut concert, Le Shakirail, Paris, w/ Antonin Gerbal (2021)

 

Concert series, AuTopsiPohl, Berlin, w/ Antonin Gerbal (2019)

 

Onceim residency concerts, Studio Boerne 45, Berlin, w/ Frédéric Blondy (2018)

 

RDVC concert, Eglise Saint-Merry, Paris (2018)

 

Circuit Court Polonceau and Remote Resonator concert series, Atelier Polonceau, 26 Chaises, Eglise Saint-Merry, Paris, w/ P.-A. Badaroux and A. Gerbal (2016-2018)

 

At Work concert series, Instants Chavirés, Montreuil (2013)

 

Mini-festival, Naxos Bobine, Paris, w/ M. Baron (2010)

 

Concert series, 118 Hilton Palace, Paris, w/ Sh. Sehnaoui and J. Hindi (2002)

 

Concert series, Théâtre sur le Pavé, Paris, w/ F. Blondy, A. Palier, S. Rives (1999-2000)

 

A Travers les Alpes, Moods, Zurich, and AMR, Geneva, w/ H. Kopf (1993)

 

ZH Connection, Stadtgarten, Cologne, w/ H. Kopf (1993)

 

 

Grants

 

Get Going work grant from Fondation Suisa (2018-2019)

 

For different projects, support from: Institut Français, Drac IdF, Spedidam, Pro Helvetia, Kanton Zürich, Präsidialdepartement Stadt Zürich, Fondation Suisa, Schweiz. Interpretenstiftung SIS

 

 

Interviews and portraits

 

Interview with Sbatax by Guillaume Malvoisin, Pointbreak (2021), French

 

Portrait by Heidi Hiltebrand, ArtTv for Get Going, Fondation Suisa (2019), French (video)

 

Portrait by Rudolf Amstutz, SUISAblog (2019), German

 

Interview by Guillaume Belhomme, Le son du grisli #2, Lenka Lente (2017), French

 

Interview by Clément Lebrun, Le Cri du Patchwork, France Musique (2017), French (audio) (interview starts at 26:53)

 

Interview with Zoor by Tobias Fischer, Tokafi (2014), English

 

Interview by Dan Warburton, Paris Transatlantic (2011), English

 

Other interviews or portraits in: Point of Departure, Tages-Anzeiger, New York City Jazz Record, Cahiers du Saxophone, Improjazz, Allumés du Jazz, Revue & Corrigée, Addlimb, Belgradeyard Sound System, Jazz Magazine, Peace Warriors, Copper Press, a.o. as well as many radios

 

 

Reviews

 

The Sound Projector, Dusted, Revue & Corrigée, Bad Alchemy, The Wire, Tempo Music Journal, Point Of Departure, Squid’s Ear, Just Outside, Avant Music News, Concerto Magazine, Freistil, Lira, Vital Weekly, Avant Scena, DMG, Le Son du Grisli, Chicago Reader, Tidningen Kulturen, The Whole Note, Orkester Journalen, Tokafi, Sound Of Music, Oro Molido, Mouvement, The Watchful Ear, Signal To Noise, Paris Transatlantic, Skug, Westzeit, Sonhors, Der Bund, Touching Extremes, Bagatellen, Musicworks, Resonance Magazine, Peace Warriors, AllMusic, Musings, Opprobrium, Octopus, Splendidezine, CultureJazz, Jazzword, Jazzist, Free Jazz Blog, All About Jazz, Pointbreak, Jazzsquad, Jazzpodium, The New York City Jazz Record, Jazzwise, Improjazz, Jazz Magazine, Jazz Journal, Tomajazz, Jazzbreak, One Final Note, Jazzman, Cadence, Jazz e Arredores, All Jazz, Jazz'n'More a.m.o.

 

 

Memberships

 

Member of Onceim’s artistic committee (2012-2016)

Member of SUISA, Swissperform and Sonart

 

 

Education

 

Saxophone lessons with John Voirol and Omri Ziegele

Harmony lesson with Nat Su

Oboe studies with André Raoult at the Zurich Conservatory

Recorder and early music studies with Dorette Fluri at the Zurich Conservatory

 

 

Misc

 

Soul and funk concerts as a horn section member w/ different groups (1990-1991), saxophone

Blues concerts w/ The Blues Crashers (1984-1985), vocals, guitar, saxophone

Street music in Zurich, Rome, Paris (1977-1984), recorder, guitar, percussion

Rock concerts w/ different groups (1977-1980), guitar, vocals, oboe

Latin-American music concerts w/ Mario Gonzalez (1977-1980), quena, guitar, vocals

Early music concerts w/ Dorette Fluri’s recorder quintet (1977-1980), recorder

 

Swiss and French citizen

Born 1963 in Geneva (CH)