Daniel Mouthon

Daniel Mouthon (born July 11, 1952 in Zurich ) is a Swiss improvisation musician (piano, vocal performance) and composer .

Live and act

After completing his primary school teacher studies, Mouthon studied music at the Zurich Conservatory. In 1985 he composed and organized his first performance appearances in collaboration with Urs Blöchlinger and drummer Dieter Ulrich ; Since 1993 he has worked in a trio with Nik Bärtsch and Philipp Schaufelberger and in a duo with Schaufelberger, which was occasionally expanded to include Andres Bosshard , Dorothea Schürch or Anna Trauffer and moved in the border area between jazz and new music. There were also concerts as an interpreting vocalist with works by Luciano Berio , John Cage and Peter Maxwell Davies .

As a composer, Mouthon is primarily active in the field of music theater . He realized early works such as "Waste Land" (1985), "Nachtluft & Chor" (1989), "Finnabout" (1991), "Il futuro della memoria" (1993), "Nekoim - Nature obscure" (1994) , "Säugers Flug" (1995), "Ghostdriver" (1996), "Air à l'en verre" (1997), "Interview with Delicious" (1999), "FlüugtStilz" (2001), "scetchy scatto" (2002 ), "Mnemosia - Lost in Memories" (2004/05), "Meienberg" (2005), "Die Blechgiraffe" (2009) or "Schattenboxen" (2010).

Mouthon is also a lecturer at the University of Zurich and at the University of Design and Art Zurich in the field of practical aesthetics.

Discographic notes

Nachtluft twice twins (unit, 1989)
Schaufelberger-Mouthon-Bärtsch: measured & detale (stv / asm, 2003)
Trauffer-Mouthon-Schaufelberger: basta bad (snekenklang, 2005).

Lexigraphic entries

Bruno Spoerri , Biographical Lexicon of Swiss Jazz CD supplement to: B. Spoerri (Hrsg.): Jazz in Switzerland. History and stories. Chronos-Verlag, Zurich 2005; ISBN 3-0340-0739-6

Web links

Shadow boxing

Individual evidence

↑ “The music, made of traditional particles, accessible and yet eluding itself, creates a terrain that can be experienced sensually, with a sloping position and in constant relativization. (...) It is a completely independent type of music theater - and more interesting than most of the new operas in Switzerland that have taken place in recent years. ”(Thomas Meyer, Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 2001).

personal data
SURNAME	Mouthon, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss musician
DATE OF BIRTH	July 11, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zurich

[1] “The music, made of traditional particles, accessible and yet eluding itself, creates a terrain that can be experienced sensually, with a sloping position and in constant relativization. (...) It is a completely independent type of music theater - and more interesting than most of the new operas in Switzerland that have taken place in recent years. ”(Thomas Meyer, Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 2001).