Pierre Thoma

Biography

Composer, sound installer, performer, improviser.

Born in Bern, lives and works in Geneva. He holds a degree in sociology from the University of Geneva and a diploma in theory and percussion from the Geneva Conservatory of Music. He currently improvises with various groups using a sampler he programmed and developed himself on a Mac. Electroacoustic music and sound installations. Instrumental compositions (chamber music), outdoor music (streets, parks). Sound poetry performances. Performances with loudspeakers, lectures and lecture-performances, radio works, textual and graphic works for publications and exhibitions. Music for theater and dance, film music, music for movie theaters. Numerous commissions. All performed in various countries.

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