w/Vasiliki Tsagkari © Anna Taggalou
Free improvisation, as practiced in this workshop, is open and inclusive by design. I act as a facilitator, responding to the group in real time and allowing the process to unfold organically. In this context, every sound, gesture, or action gains meaning, while traditional ideas of right and wrong in music dissolve. Anything can become music, and anyone—regardless of experience—can join in using instruments, objects, movement, or voice.
Central to the practice is deep listening: to oneself, to others, and to the moment. This shared attention forms the basis of the emerging musical dialogue.
I have led these workshops at institutions such as the Tbilisi State Conservatoire, the Sound (Dis)obedience Festival in Ljubljana, Musik Akademie Basel, etc.
The workshops are open to all musicians and singers, regardless of professional experience.
Do not hesitate to contact me for more information or to book a workshop: kocherjonas(at)pm(dot)me
Thank you for your input! After working with you I stopped playing with "ideas" and it feels very
good! M.T. Musik Akademie Basel 2016
I was particularly impressed by Jonas's approach, how he took the playing upon himself, how he
presented certain ideas without imposing them on us and how he encouraged us to get in touch
with the space and with ourselves. I really liked the warm-up exercises, which helped me to relax, calm down and be aware of my own action in a given space. The concert itself, I feel, could not capture all the specifics of the workshop itself, but it was still quite relaxed and enjoyable. Perhaps we could have allowed for more daring.... anyway, I enjoyed the process itself most of all. I found Jonas to be an excellent mentor, clear in his delivery of information, but above all warm and open in his acceptance of it, which shows his musical and personal knowledge. K.T. Festival Sound (Dis)obedience Ljubljana 2022
Jonas' approach fluctuated very nicely between pointing out things to pay attention to while playing and the exact dynamics of playing together, and between learning improvisation by improvising. Imperceptibly the workshop ended and it was only with a pause that I realised we had taken the stage relaxed and free, determined to play music, which rarely happens in a workshop situation because you are too much under the impression of being a student. Jonas left the responsibility of playing to us from the beginning. Great ! T.B. Festival Sound (Dis)obedience Ljubljana 2022