Offene Improvisation als Formbildung
DoubleKlassik mentoring project (2026). Developing a modular set of artistic-pedagogical formats — listening scores, ensemble tasks, open compositions and performative situations — that make open improvisation, listening practices and co-creation usable for ensembles, orchestras, higher education and music outreach.
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Creaziun
Creaziun — Romansh for “creation” — is a long-term co-creative platform initiated and artistically directed by Diego Kohn. Each edition commissions new works from Switzerland-based composers for Slide Ensemble, returning to the same question with new voices: what does it mean to compose for improvisers? Creaziun is conceived as an ongoing body of work rather than a one-off production — future editions are part of its design from the outset.
Current edition
Creaziun 2026–2027
New commissions from Jürg Frey, Jacques Demierre, Lucas Niggli and Asia Ahmetjanova, written for Slide Ensemble. Touring Zürich, Basel, Bern, Luzern and Biel, December 2026 to February 2027.
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Archive · first edition
Creaziun 2021–2022
Four commissioned works by Katharina Weber, Christian Wolfarth, Annette Schmucki and Mathias Steinauer, premiered March 2022 in Biel, Zürich, Locarno and Bern with Slide Ensemble's original line-up.
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Listening Across the Borders
Artistic-research residency at ZHdK (2025) with artists from Arab, Jewish and European backgrounds — improvisation, expanded listening and critical reflection on identity and sonic hospitality.
Offene Bühne Zürich (OBZ)
A curatorial and performative platform for musical improvisation and collective practice, active since 2019 at the WIM Zürich.
Free Improvisation in Latin America (La improvisación libre en Latinoamérica)
International online platform making the diverse scenes of free improvisation in Latin America visible. Across six public sessions, musicians, researchers and organisers from Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and beyond discussed improvisation as an artistic, pedagogical and social practice. Co-initiated by Diego Kohn together with sociologist Dr. Silvana Figueroa-Dreher, who developed the concept; Diego took artistic and content direction and moderated the closing round table. Supported by Ibermúsicas with the Facultad de Artes y Humanidades, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia).