An ABC book with which the pianist, composer and improviser recounts his experience of sound (with the score and recording on CD of an unpublished piece).
Jacques Demierre (born 1954 in Geneva) is a pianist, composer and improviser, author of solo and group concerts and sound performances, radio plays, collaborative performances and site-specific installations. He has collaborated with artists (Chris Mann,
Caroline Bergvall, Christian Kesten), choreographers (Cindy van Acker, Noemi Lapzeson) and numerous musicians (
Axel Dörner,
Jonas Kocher,
Fritz Hauser, Sainkho Namtchylak, Irène Schweizer,
John Butcher,
Brandon LaBelle,
Jason Kahn, Butch Morris, Roger Turner,
Okkyung Lee, Peter Evans, Carlos Zingaro, Gunter Müller, Jaap Blonk, Barry Guy, Sylvie Courvoisier,
Han Bennink…).