Swiss pianist
Jacques Demierre (born 4 January 1954, in Geneva) is a Swiss improvisation musician and composer.[1]
Life and works
Demierre studied at the University of Geneva at the Conservatoire Populaire [fr] (piano, jazz piano, electroacoustic music) and at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève (music theory). Soon, he gave up the classic piano and tended to the avant-garde rock and improvised jazz. As a pianist, he played with Dorothea Schürch [de], Radu Malfatti, and also with Martial Solal, Han Bennink, Joëlle Léandre, Carlos Zingaro and Ikue Mori. He performed regularly solo concerts and worked also in a trio with Lucas Niggli [de] and Barry Guy and also with Urs Leimgruber and Barre Phillips. Sylvie Courvoisier, Malcolm Braff [de; fr; nl] and Michel Wintsch were his students.
Demierre changed his way as a composer to the border of jazz, free improvisation and contemporary music, because he was interested in mixing the improvised music tradition with notated music.
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