ABOUT
Jean-Noël Gos
Creativity knows no boundaries, no single form, and no fixed language—yet it has a unique way of connecting people. It grows from curiosity, movement, and the joy of exploration. For Jean-Noël, creation is less about categories and more about discovering new ways of listening, playing, and telling stories.
A multi-instrumentalist and composer from Geneva, Jean-Noël began his musical journey on electric bass in his teens before expanding to guitar, piano, and the occasional banjo, bagpipes, or kora, later graduating with a Master’s degree in Jazz in Basel. An avid bicycle traveler, he composes for classical guitar on the road, letting landscapes and encounters shape his music. This approach led to the creation of Kymotopia in 2021 and, in 2023, to the release of A World of Waves, accompanied by the travel notebook Embruns d’Encre, which recounts a cycling journey through South Korea.
His work often bridges classical traditions and contemporary sounds. In collaboration with OSR violinist Guillaume Jacot, he reimagines the classical violin repertoire in their project Beta Chronicles.
Alongside his own projects, Jean-Noël is active in different musical collaborations, including Fifi’s Spaceship, Umber, and Hannah Avvel, and has worked with artists such as Nik Bärtsch and Carlo Mombelli.
Beyond music, he works part-time as an environmental engineer in the renewable energy cooperative ADEV Energiegenossenschaft and travels by bicycle around the world. He is also a writer and published the French novel L’Emporte-Pièce in 2017. Moving freely between disciplines—music, literature, travel, and sound experimentation—Jean-Noël approaches each project as a new playground, guided by endless curiosity and a desire to create meaningful, shared experiences.