Jochen Gutsch

Jochen Gutsch is a Sydney-based musician and composer.

Growing up in Germany, he was surrounded by classical music, playing the trumpet in orchestras, chamber groups and solo settings, winning several titles at the prestigious Jugend Musiziert competitions. As a teenager, he switched to electric guitar and shifted his attention to many forms of progressive and unusual music, including math-rock and hardcore, experimental and electronic music, and contemporary chamber music.

Since then, Jochen has played more than 500 shows, not just all over Australia and Germany, but also in London, Bangkok, Jakarta, Helsinki, Tampere, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Rome, Bologna, Cesena, Pescara, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Enschede, Utrecht, Nijmegen, Lisbon and other places. In addition, more than 40 releases of his original music have been published by independent labels around the world, plus various guest spots on other artists’ albums and appearances on compilations.