Lia Kohl

Lia Kohl is a cellist, composer, and multidisciplinary artist based in Chicago. She creates and performs sonic landscapes using cello, synthesizers, field recordings, and live radio to explore the mundane and profound possibilities of sound. She has presented work and performed at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Walker Art Center, Chicago Symphony Center, and Eckhart Park Pool. Recent releases include Untitled Radio (Futile, Fertile) on Longform Editions, and Too Small to be a Plain, on Artist Pool/Shinkoyo. Her work has been featured in Pitchfork, The Quietus, The Chicago Tribune, and Downbeat Magazine, and on NTS Radio, Kunstradio, Chirp Radio, and WNYC. Recent collaborative releases include a duo with Macie Stewart (Astral Spirits) and Honestly Same (Moonglyph). As an improviser and collaborator, she has participated in cultural exchanges in Mexico, France, Germany, Denmark, China and the UK, and toured on four continents. An active recording artist, she has arranged strings and recorded with Makaya McCraven, Circuit des Yeux, Steve Gunn, claire rousay, and Steve Hauschildt, among others.