Hans Koch

Hans Koch is a Swiss clarinettist, saxophonist and composer, born in Villmergen in 1948. Trained as a classical clarinettist, he moved into jazz and free improvisation in the early 1980s and later added electronics and sampling to his reeds. He is best known for the trio Koch-Schütz-Studer with cellist Martin Schütz and drummer Fredy Studer, which mixes improvisation, electronics and dance rhythms. Koch studied at the conservatories of Biel and Zurich.