LIA KOHL//MUSICIAN

Lia Kohl is a cellist and multidisciplinary artist based in Chicago. Her work centers on improvisation, performance and sound art. She is a curator and ensemble member with the acclaimed performance ensemble Mocrep, with whom she has toured nationally and internationally. As a member of Mocrep, she has collaborated with artists such as Jennifer Walshe, Natacha Diels and Steven Kazuo Takasugi and partnered with the Goethe Institute, MCA, Lumpen Radio, and Mana Contemporary Chicago. As an improviser she has performed with Peter Maunu, Mars Williams, Tomeka Reid and regularly with her clarinet/percussion/cello trio, ZRL. An avid interpreter of contemporary music, she has performed with Chicago Composers Orchestra, Fonema Consort, and Ensemble Dal Niente. She is a co-editor of Chicago experimental music magazine, Cacophony.

CabinFever Shows include: Lillian (2016), A Public Service Announcement From the Night Herself (2016), Respire (2017)