Christoph Schiller

Christoph Schiller is a German pianist, spinet player and improviser born in Stuttgart in 1963. He studied fine arts in Stuttgart and Hamburg and later piano and music theory in Basel. Since 1987 he has performed improvised new music, developing a distinctive approach to keyboard instruments.

In recent years the spinet has largely replaced the piano in his work. Adapting techniques previously used inside the piano, he explores the smaller instrument through unconventional contact with the strings and intricate resonance. Voice is also part of his practice. Creative Sources documents an approach linking instrumental invention, contemporary composition and spontaneous performance.