Petra Ronner is a pianist and sound-artist based in Zürich, Switzerland.
She appears as a soloist and chamber musician, improviser and composer,
is involved in artistic video- and soundprojects in the context of art and theatre
and is running the concert series GNOM Gruppe für neue Musik Baden.

Recent concerts include John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano,
Stockhausen's Kontakte for tape, piano and percussion, Schönberg's Pierrot Lunaire
and new works by contemporary composers at Festspiel+ Munich, TonArt Bern, Taktlos
and Tage für Neue Musik Zürich.

Recordings at Vexer Verlag, Grammont Portrait and AMEG.

PIANESSENCE is an ongoing project of her's that focusses on music for piano & electronics -
from concert oriented music for electronically extended piano to sound installation involving a pianist.
Collaboration with composers in Switzerland and South Africa to develop new pieces.
Various possible settings, combinations of pieces to suit different contexts.
Concert tour with support of Pro Helvetia Cape Town/Johannesburg in September 2010
to finalize and perform new pieces by South African composers. Pro Helvetia

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