Philipp Eden — Musician, sound artist and organiser

Listening and improvisation lie at the heart of his practice, shaping both his creative work and his engagement with the world. His practice is also informed by philosophical and political reflections, as well as a strong interest in collaborative processes: he treats music-making as a social encounter in which ideas are shared, challenged, and transformed.

As a sound artist, he primarily works with field recordings, synthesizers, and electroacoustic setups, engaging in both solo projects and interdisciplinary collaborations. Particularly interested in everyday sounds and themes such as resonance, spatiality, and temporality, he approaches listening as an active, relational mode of attention, through which sound can reveal hidden structures and suggest new possibilities for connection.

Philipp has performed widely across Europe at venues and festivals including zoom in Festival (Bern), We Jazz Festival (Helsinki), Sonoscopia (Lisbon), Echoraum (Vienna), and Copenhagen Jazz Festival, and has collaborated with artists such as Christine Abdelnour, Lara Alarcón, Ben Bennett, Bertrand Denzler, Beat Keller, Lotus Eddé Khouri, Martin Perret, Alinna Thikonova and Peter Conradin Zumthor, among many others.

Since 2016, he has been part of Zürich’s Gamut Kollektiv, co-organizing five festivals, two concert series, and the label edition gamut. Since 2024, he is co-curating the Murmur concert series in Basel, continuing his commitment to fostering spaces for experimental and collective sound practices.

Alongside his artistic work, he teaches piano and synthesizers at the Hochschule der Künste Bern (HKB) and at a high school in Zürich.