Nik Bärtsch

Nik B├ñrtsch (born 1971) is a Swiss pianist, composer and producer from Zurich. He lives in Zurich and Berlin. He began studying piano and percussion at the age of 8. In 1997 he graduated from the Musikhochschule Z├╝rich. Between the years of 1989 and 2001 he studied philosophy, linguistics and musicology at the University of Zurich. He was an Instructor for Ô[][]Practical AestheticsÔ[][] at the ''Musikhochschule Z├╝rich/Winterthur'' (2000Ô[][]2003). In 2003/2004 he lived in Japan for half a year.