Lia Kohl

Lia Kohl is a cellist, composer and sound artist based in Chicago. Trained as a classical cellist, she began improvising after moving to the city and now works with cello, synthesizers, field recordings, toy instruments and radios. Her music focuses on everyday sounds that usually go unnoticed, and she is known for the album Normal Sounds (Moon Glyph, 2024), which sets the cello among ordinary city noises. Kohl studied cello at Indiana University before continuing in New York and Chicago.