Jacques Demierre (born 4 January 1954, in Geneva) is a Swiss improvisation musician and composer.
[1] Demierre studied at the University of Geneva at the Conservatoire Populaire [fr] (piano, jazz piano, electroacoustic music) and at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève (music theory).
As a pianist, he played with Dorothea Schürch [de], Radu Malfatti, and also with Martial Solal, Han Bennink, Joëlle Léandre, Carlos Zingaro and Ikue Mori.
He performed regularly solo concerts and worked also in a trio with Lucas Niggli [de] and Barry Guy and also with Urs Leimgruber and Barre Phillips.
Sylvie Courvoisier, Malcolm Braff [de; fr; nl] and Michel Wintsch were his students.