The Library of Congress > LCCN Permalink

View this record in:  MARCXML | LC Authorities & Vocabularies | VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)External Link

Bärtsch, Nik

LC control no.no2006066862
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingBärtsch, Nik
    Browse this term in  LC Authorities  or the  LC Catalog
Associated placeJapan
LocatedZurich (Switzerland)
Birth date1971
Place of birthZurich (Switzerland)
Field of activityMusic Sound recordings--Production and direction Aikido Zen Buddhism
AffiliationRonin Rhythm Records EXIL (Club) Apples & Olives (Music festival) Hishiryo Zurich Conservatory of Music
Nik Bärtsch's Mobile (Musical group) Nik Bärtsch's Ronin (Musical group) Zürcher Hochschule der Künste Universität Zürich
Profession or occupationPianists Percussionists Composers Sound recording executives and producers Impresarios Musicologists Martial artists
Found inStoa, p2006: label (Nik Bärtsch) container (piano)
Author's Listening, 2021: title page (Nik Bärtsch) page 338 (Nik Bärtsch; born 1971, Zurich; pianist, composer, producer, founder of the label Ronin Rhythm Records; co-founder of the Zurich music club EXIL and the indie classical festival Apples & Olives; studies in piano and percussion; graduate of Zurich Conservatory of Music, 1997; also studied at the Zurich University of the Arts; studied philosophy, linguistics and musicology at the University of Zurich, 1989-2001; founded the acoustic music ritual group Mobile in 1997, and the Zen funk quartet Ronin in 2001; plays solo piano in his project Hishiryo; studied aikido, zen meditation and music in Japan, 2003-2004)