Christoph Irmer

Christoph Irmer lives and works in Wuppertal.

He studied music in Kassel in the 1980’s, and then violin at the Cologne-Wuppertal University of Music. At documenta IX in Kassel, he was a member of the improvisation orchestra conducted by Jon Rose, with whom he also toured. In the 90’s, he collaborated with Peter Kowald’s projects “365 Days in Place” and “Cuts” in Wuppertal, and performed at Drumming for Africa with Tony Oxley, Trevor Watts, and others. He also collaborated with Arvo Pärt at the Vinschgau Organ Summer Festival, and participated in dance theatre projects - a Butoh dance performance and TanzMusikTheater. Since 2000 he has organised the Klappstuhl-Fest for free music and dance in Wuppertal.

Irmer is a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra and the Wuppertal Improvisation Orchestra . He also works with the Big Band Supernova in the Ruhr area and the improvisation orchestra Fineworks, Statements Quintet and the group Canaries on the Pole. His dance collaborators include Chrystel Guillebeaud and Andrés Corchero. In duo formations, he collaborates with vocalist Mitch Heinrich, pianist Agustí Fernández, and flautist Jane Rigler.