Biography

According to a wise old parable, a gentle breeze is more welcome than a mighty storm. So it is with Koch’s fifteen new compositions, though within their gentle nature is contained a spirited essence. The effect upon listening is of one’s spirit being caressed by a gentle breeze of hope.
German pianist and multi-instrumentalist Bernward Koch (kahtch) has experienced a most astonishing rise within the international New Age music scene over the last decades. Koch’s fame began to ascend when the artist contributed a track for two Aids-benefit compilations initiated by California radio stations KKSF and THE WAVE. In this endevour Koch was amonst greats such as Bonnie Raitt, Al Jarreau and Sting. The track was called “Ever Returning”, a smash hit from his debut album Flowing (1989). His second record, Laguna de la Vera, promptly picked up by Billboard New Age charts for months as well many other tracks of his music, especially on several Real Music compilations like Piano Dreamers, Finding Balance and the iRelax series. The Weber State University in Ogden/Utah recommends his music as anti stress. The track “Childhood Hour”, a piece from his record Walking through Clouds, was used in the award-winning movie “Shaniko” in 2008. Koch has earned such awards as Piano Heaven Award, in England, Audiophiles Highlight Award from STEREOin Germany and 2012 he became the Culture Prince in his hometown of Wenden. His music sounds around the world. Today Bernward Koch is considered by many as among the genre's leading artists.