Antoine Chessex

Antoine Chessex is a Swiss composer, saxophonist and sound artist, born in Vevey in 1980. He became known in Berlin for saxophone performances in noise and drone music, and also writes compositions for ensembles and electronics. He works as a lecturer and researcher at the Zurich University of the Arts. Chessex started playing saxophone at 12 and began performing in 1995 in jazz, improvised and electronic music. He moved to Berlin after leaving his music studies and co-founded the noise rock group Monno.