Workhop at Conserere Artist in Residence, Milano 2025. Picture by Francesca Naibo
Free improvisation, as practiced in this workshop, is open and inclusive by design. As facilitator, I respond to the group in real time and let the process unfold organically. Every sound, gesture, or action carries meaning, and conventional ideas of right and wrong dissolve. Anything can become music, and anyone can join in, with instruments, objects, movement, or voice.
At the heart of the practice is deep listening: to oneself, to others, and to the moment. This shared attention is the ground from which a musical dialogue emerges.
I have led workshops for nearly twenty years, at institutions and festivals including the Tbilisi State Conservatoire, the Sound (Dis)obedience Festival in Ljubljana, A-Minor Festival Halle, the Musik Akademie Basel a.o.
Open to all musicians and singers, whatever their level of 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