Patricia Bosshard

Patricia Bosshard is a Swiss composer and violinist whose work bridges acoustic performance and electronics. She wrote the jingles for Lausanne’s M2 metro and has received commissions from Pro Helvetia. With sound artist Simon Grab, she won the Qwartz (Paris) for MRI (Best Experimental Album). Her research focuses on extending the violin through sensors and live electronics—developed with Dragos Tara—and on the body’s physicality in sound (acrobatics, dance). Bosshard composes for and collaborates with ONCEIM (Paris), Grand Eustache (Suisse romande), LGBS Quartet (Geneva), CoÔ (Paris), CH.AU (Vevey) and GGRIL (Quebec). She has performed with Xavier Charles, the Icosikaihenagone ensemble, Luc Müller, Bertrand Gauguet, Jonas Kocher, Jacques Demierre, Hans Koch, Louis Laurain and the IMO Orchestra. Since 1998 she has created interdisciplinary and experimental projects—especially with filmmaker Nicolas Wintsch (Compagnie Dynamo) and sound designer Simon Grab—and regularly writes for theatre (Cie STT/Dorian Rossel, Cie Agénor/Valérie Poirier, A.C. Moser). Residencies include STEIM (Amsterdam), 102 (Grenoble), Pantographe (Moûtiers) and Hors-Normes / Le Lieu. Festival highlights include Sonic Circuits (Washington, D.C.), Météo (Mulhouse), Densités (France), Sacrum Profanum (Poland), the Venice Biennale, MaerzMusik at the Berlin Philharmonie, Festival Archipel (Geneva), LUFF (Lausanne) and Centquatre (Paris). Releases appear on Potlatch, Everest Records, Megadisc Classics, Another Timbre, Akt-Produkt, Insubordinations, Thödol, Confront and Shiiin.

Lausanne, Switzerland