Draft:Tobias Koch (composer)
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| Submission declined on 9 September 2024 by DoubleGrazing (talk). This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of music-related topics). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia. Declined by DoubleGrazing 3 months ago. | |
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- Comment: I ummed and ahhed about this for quite a while. The sources are all primary, and therefore unable to establish notability per WP:GNG, that much is clear. Notability per WP:COMPOSER has six criteria, most of which don't apply. Criterion #1 is the one I considered, specifically whether the Drii Winter score would satisfy that, given that it has won a notable award, and is for a film which itself is notable (as in, has a Wikipedia article). In the end I decided against this, since the #1 criterion requires
"music for a notable composition"
(emphasis added), and it isn't the composition that is notable but the film itself, and the award. To be fair, this is probably borderline, and had there been another credible claim of even borderline notability I would have probably ended up accepting this, but for now I must decline. My advice to the author is to study the GNG and COMPOSER guidelines, and to try and produce evidence that more clearly satisfies one or the other. DoubleGrazing (talk) 08:53, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
Tobias Koch | |
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 Tobias Koch live at Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome, June 21, 2023, photo by Giacomo Gianfelici | |
| Born | 1986 (age 37–38) |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, sound artist |
| Known for | Performing arts, film, sound design, experimental music, sound art |
| Notable work | Drii Winter (A Piece Of Sky (2022 film)) |
| Awards | Georges Delerue Award |
Tobias Koch (born in Basel in 1986) is a Swiss composer, sound artist, and sound designer. His work spans disciplines including performing arts, film, experimental music, sound art, and visual arts. He has won awards with Jannik Giger.
Work
[edit]Koch has composed scores for notable works in performing arts, dance, and theater, presented at renowned institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York..[1][2], documenta 14[3], Frieze Art Fair[4], Tate Modern, Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Volksbühne in Berlin and the Venice Biennale[5].
Koch's composition was featured in Alexandra Bachzetsis's performance and installation work "Massacre: Variations on a Theme," presented at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. In a review of the performance, The New York Times praised Koch's score for its "volcanic composition clearly based on 'The Rite of Spring,'" noting how the "physicality of the music and how it’s produced give urgency and direction to the choreography."[6]
Tobias Koch also composed music for and collaborated with a diverse range of pop music artists, including Canadian singer and songwriter Cecile Believe, Swiss-Tibetan singer-songwriter Yesh, and Swiss-Brazilian multidisciplinary artist PRICE (Mathias Ringgenberg)[7]
Film
[edit]His sound design and musical compositions have been featured in award-winning films such as A Piece of Sky (2022 film), Nothing but the Sun, and Above And Below, showcased at major film festivals, including the Berlin International Film Festival[8], Locarno Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, and the Toronto International Film Festival.
His score for the feature film Drii Winter (A Piece of Sky (2022 film), for which he collaborated with composer Jannik Giger has won the Georges Delerue Award for Best Music at Film Fest Gent[9], and was also Switzerland’s official submission for the 95th Academy Awards[10][11]. Koch's work on the film was further nominated for Best Score, as well as Best Sound at the Swiss Film Awards 2023.
Solo practice
[edit]Koch's solo practice merges sound art, performance, and visual elements. His work has been exhibited and performed at venues and festivals throughout Europe, such as the Unsound Festival.[12], Biennale Son[13], or Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome[14]
Music journalist Philip Sherburne described Tobias Koch’s performance at Unsound Festival 2023 as "by far the best of the interventions" during the night. Sherburne noted "Weaving through a crowd seated on the floor in front of the stage, Swiss artist Tobias Koch slowly rotated a parabolic mic overhead, generating throbbing feedback from the resonance of the room," before seamlessly transitioning into "the strangest rendition of Roy Orbison’s 'In Dreams'—famously used in Blue Velvet—that I’ve ever seen."[15]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Alexandra Bachzetsis's Massacre: Variations on a Theme". MoMA New York.
- ^ "A Feminine Dance Work, Made 'in a Very Brutal Way'". New York Times. January 17, 2017.
- ^ "Alexandra Bachzetsis at Documenta 14".
- ^ "Untitled (Holding Horizon) by Alex Baczyński-Jenkins".
- ^ "Sebastian Nübling - Die Hamletmaschine". La Biennale di Venezia.
- ^ Seibert, Brian (January 31, 2017). "Fish, Stilettos and Underwear. The Dances Go On". The New York Times.
- ^ "Sequences (True Sentiments)". www.latency.fr. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ Felperin, Leslie (February 22, 2022). "'A Piece of Sky' ('Drii Winter'): Film Review | Berlin 2022". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ "Film Fest Ghent: Alice Diop's 'Saint Omer' and Michael Koch's 'Drii Winter' take top honours". The Brussels Times. May 27, 2023.
- ^ "95th Academy Awards - Michael Koch's A PIECE OF SKY enters the Oscar race as Switzerland's official submission". Swiss Films.
- ^ "Jannik Giger". Wikipedia (German) (in German).
- ^ "Tobias Koch at Unsound Festival 2023". Unsound Festival.
- ^ "Tobias Koch at Biennale Son". Biennale Son.
- ^ "Sound performance di Tobias Koch". Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome.
- ^ Sherburne, Philip (October 10, 2023). "Futurism Restated: Unsound Festival Recap". Futurism Restated. Retrieved September 9, 2024.