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Richard „Ritsche“ Koch (* 1979 in Tulln an der Donau) is an austrian Jazz&shy; trumpet player

History
First studies at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna, later at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart and from the year 2000 at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin.

Since 1997 Richard Koch has been active in the field of jazz and improvisational music. He collaborated with musicians such as Hermeto Pascoal, Frank Gratkowski, Ingrid Laubrock, Satoko Fujii, the Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra, Peter Fox (Stadtaffe), the Beatsteaks und Nils Frahm. With the bass player and composer Christian Weber he formed the Duo Space Madness, which released two CDs.

He also was a member in the band Olaf Ton of the saxophonist and composer Benjamin Weidekamp.

He founded a quartett of his own called Richard Koch Quartett with Michael Hornek, Andreas Lang and Andi Haberl. In march 2018 the album Wald will be released by Contemplate Music Berlin.

Richard Koch has played in concerts and festivals in Europe, South America, Asia and Africa.

He moves in a variety of genres and expressions always focusing on the physicality of music. He participated in a variety of projects that merge music with other forms of art (dance, visual art, speech). His versatility also led him to perform on major stages in the pop as well as classical music scene. Since 1998 he is performing with the speech artist Christian Reiner and is involved in theater and radio theater productions. In the project "Ritsche, Zast & Marien" Koch, the artist ZAST and drummer Christian Marien join music and painting showing different ways of communication between these two forms of art.

Discography (selection)

 * 2003: Olaf Ton – Olaf Ton (Leo Records) mit Jérôme Bugnon, Michael Haves, Christian Marien und Benjamin Weidekamp
 * 2004: Olaf Ton – Das dunkle Vermächtnis der goldenen Kuh ((2nd Floor Edition) mit Michael Haves, Christian Marien, Matthias Müller (Musiker)|Matthias Müller und Benjamin Weidekamp
 * 2005: Seeed – Next! (Warner Music Group)
 * 2008: Stereo Lisa – Anno Onno Monno (Jazzwerkstatt Berlin-Brandenburg) mit Benjamin Weidekamp, Gebhard Ullmann, Jürgen Kupke, Aki Sebastian Ruhl, Almut Kühne, Ibadet Ramadani, Matthias Müller, Simon Harrer, Michael Haves, Christian Marien)
 * 2009: Peter Fox – Live aus Berlin (Peter-Fox-Album)|Live aus Berlin (Downbeat Records / Warner Music Group)
 * 2014: Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra - Live On Planet Earth (Alien Transistor)
 * 2016: Themroc 3 – Rocthem! (WhyPlayJazz) mit Benjamin Weidenkamp, Michael Griener
 * 2017: Serenus Zeitblom Oktett- Erster Teil-ZweiterTeil-Dritter Teil (Hyperdelia)
 * 2017: Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra - Vula (Alien Transistor)
 * 2017: Brigade Futur 3 - Alles wird gut gegangen sein werden (WhyPlayJazz)
 * 2018: Nils Frahm - All Melody (Erased Tapes Records)
 * 2018: Richard Koch Quartett - Wald (Contemplate Music Berlin)