Jacques Demierre (born 4 January 1954, in Geneva) is a Swiss improvisation musician and composer.

Life and works

Demierre studied at the

University of Geneva The University of Geneva (French: ''Université de Genève'') is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin as a theological seminary. It remained focused on theology until the 17th centur ...

at the (piano, jazz piano,

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) and at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève (music theory). Soon, he gave up the classic piano and tended to the

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rock and improvised jazz. As a pianist, he played with , Radu Malfatti, and also with Martial Solal, Han Bennink,

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, Carlos Zingaro and Ikue Mori. He performed regularly solo concerts and worked also in a trio with and Barry Guy and also with

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and Barre Phillips. Sylvie Courvoisier, 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.

References

External links

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Profile
www.musinfo.ch (in French)
"The many sides of pianist Jacques Demierre: solo, duo and trio"
by John Eyles, 30 January 2009, www.allaboutjazz.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Demierre, Jacques 20th-century Swiss musicians Avant-garde jazz pianists 1954 births Living people Musicians from Geneva Intakt Records artists Psi Records artists