Tapiwa Svosve (b. 1995) is a musician and theorist whose multidisciplinary practice brings sound into dialogue with theatre, painting, and historical inquiry. Based in Zurich, Switzerland, Svosve’s work enjoys a unique temperament that spans extreme avant-gardism, free jazz, and noise music. Thinking through silence, negative space, solo performance, and the negotiations between body and instrument, he adapts music and sound to develop various physical and performative techniques. A longtime organiser in Switzerland’s experimental music scene, he has used public spaces to locate and explore the boundaries between commercial, theatrical, and underground communities. In 2024, he was awarded the Swiss Music Prize.
