BIOGRAPHY
Jakob Eisenbach is a composer, sounddesigner and audio engineer born in Germany,
living and working in Zürich (Switzerland) since 2014.
His musical abilites include the electric guitar, flamenco guitar,
electric bass, piano, viola, drums, synthesizers and conducting.
In 2024 he co-founded the cooperative BAND AID with
Robert Riedel and Cedric-Joel Ziegler.
Together with the Reformed Church of Zurich,
they aim to refurbish old church premises into music facilites
and make them open to the muscial public while aiding the
professional musicians at the same time.
In 2024 he co-founded the cooperative SAD RECORDS.
Alongside many music individuals from Switzerland
they strive to unionize the new generation of media composers.
In 2022 he co-founded the cooperative
Zurich Radio City Hall.
Alongside renowned musicians and aspiring music industry individuals,
the cooperative aims to create a unique hotspot for music professionals
in the former Radiostudio facilities at Zurich Brunnenhof.
​​In 2021 he finished his MA degree in composition for film, theatre and media at the
Zürich University of Arts.
His final project was a big orchestral and choir music for
the virtual reality experience TIKAL by TrueVR Systems.
Since 2021 he is officially part of the live music projects
Chiara Dubey and JODOQ.
Either by performing with synths, electric guitar, viola or backing vocals.
In 2020 he was elected to the board of directors at
Forum Filmmusik.
Working alongside renowned composers from switzerland, he aims to create a space
for creatives and musicians at the Radiostudio in Zurich.
In 2019 he founded the company
Vection Music GmbH.
From 2018 - 2020 hed worked as composer and sounddesigner for the
swiss virtual-reality gaming brand
TrueVR Systems.
From 2017 - 2023 he worked as volunteer for the
Swiss Classical Music Society
Kulturfreund.
During his Master Of Arts studies from 2017, he worked as
Tutor of 'Komposition für Film, Theater und Medien' at the
Zurich University Of Arts.
Primarily supporting students in recording live musicians
and giving technical support for their complex of Recording Studios.
​In 2017 he finished his BA degree in composition for film, theatre and media at the
Zürich University of Arts.
His final project was a 20 minute live-filmmusic for a silent movie,
which was performed by a progressive metalband and a string ensemble.
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In 2014 he moved from Germany to Switzerland to study composition for film,
theater and media at the
Zürich University of Arts.​
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