Josa Gerhard, born in Cologne in 1981, studied violin in Berlin and Frankfurt am Main and was a fellow at the Graduate School of the Berlin University of the Arts. In addition to his work as a violinist and violist—primarily in the fields of chamber music, music theater, and new music—he develops projects at the intersection of audio art and performance. He is a founding member of the Invisible Playground network.
He has performed at, among others, the Staatsoper Stuttgart, the Nationaltheater Mannheim, the Lucerne Festival, the Munich Biennale, the Schauspielhaus Zurich, the Academy of Arts Berlin, the European Union Chamber Orchestra, the Kammerakademie Potsdam, and the Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra. He has developed numerous site-specific works for international festivals, theaters, and museums such as Hebbel am Ufer, Aichi Triennale, Nuit Blanche Paris, Gessnerallee Zurich, Metropolis Festival Copenhagen, and others. One focus is on the artistic research field of play and music and the conception of innovative concert formats.
Together with Sebastian Quack, he curated the Playsonic Festival in Frankfurt am Main—a collaborative project with the Alte Oper Frankfurt and the Ensemble Modern. For the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, he developed the interactive outreach format “Unboxing Mozart.”
