Ingar Zach is a norwegian improviser and percussionist,begins his percussion training already

at age 7 in the local schoolband in Oslo. During his teens he is active in

the local jazz big band and also starts a progressive rock bands.From 1993-97 he finds a

great interest in Norwegian folk music and he plays drums/percussion in the successful

groups Chateau Neuf Spelemannslag and Harnihomba, which he tours with in both Europe and

North America. He studies Musicology at the University in Oslo,and then moves to Trondheim

to start a three year study in jazz and composition at the Music Conservatory. In 2000

he co-founds the record label; SOFA together with Ivar Grydeland, releasing improvised

music,exclusively.Has toured Europe, Canada and the USA and in

in addition to working with fixed groups he is also involved in ad-hoc activities with

other musicians and composers such as: Jim O1Rourke, Barry Guy, Evan Parker, Axel Dörner,

Kevin Drumm, Thomas Lehn, Johan Berthling, Raymond Strid, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Susie Ibarra,

Jaap Blonk, Mats Gustafsson, Annette Krebs,Andrea Neumann, Phil Minton, Alex Ward, Jean

Marc Montera, Mark Wastell, Wade Matthews, Ernesto Rodrigues, John Butcher, Jerome

Noetinger ,Sharif Shenaoui , Xavier Charles, Mazen Kerbaj, Agustí Fernández,John Tilbury,

Derek Bailey.