01-13.06.2026: DDK Trio & Sachiko M. Concerts in Biel/Bienne, Geneva, Palermo, Berlin, Krakow
25.05.2026: Bruit · Group for Music Creation plays van Eck, Barrett/Zaric, Bosshard, Braxton, Lucerne, Forum Neue Musik
27.03.2026: Krill - new trio with Xavier Charles (cl) & Pascale Berthelot (p), Avignon(F), AJMI
05.09 2025: NEW SOLO ALBUM Archipelago
Kocher plays the accordion as an unpredictable sound generator with great precision and super-fast instincts. He weaves together elements as fragmented melodies, harmonic progressions, electronic-like sonorities, and hypnotic repetitions in a way that forces the attentive listener to rethink deep listening as a liberating act. Percorsi Musicali
Racing sequences, magical high notes, vibrating basses, microtonal beats - the seemingly unleashed quality develops a captivating pull in Kocher's performance, who seems to breathe with his instrument. Neue Zeitschrift für Musik
You don’t just listen, you navigate, testing the currents, waiting for the next shore. And in a world where accordionists are too often sentenced to entertain in the background, Kocher insists on the opposite: here, the instrument sits front and center, uncompromising, elemental, slyly defiant. This is not music to sip wine to - it’s music that knocks the glass from your hand, then lets you hear the shards ring out on the floor. Chain D.L.K.
Jonas Kocher is a virtuoso accordionist. His compositions are audacious, challenging, varied and full of energy. When listening to ‘Archipelago’, you can feel the uncompromising nature of his playing. Outstanding. radiohoerer