Kojack Kossakamvwe

has played in many bands and projects with stars of the Congolese music scene, including Kwata Vibra (1998), Wenge Musica Maison Mère (2000-2003) and as musical director with Papa Wemba for La passion du maître (2015). He has performed on stage in many major musical projects such as Losangania Project (2009) and Basali ya buzoba (2010) and has toured with Elie Kamano and Maryse Ngalula for Visas pour la création (2013) and Franco na biso (2014). From 2018 to 2020, he toured the world with Requiem Pour L. – under the direction of Fabrizio Cassol and Alain Platel – together with musicians from all five continents. In 2019, he was part of the ensemble of Herkules von Lubumbashi – Ein Minenoratorium. Since 2021, he has been musical co-director of GROUP50:50 and the two music theatre productions The Ghosts are Returning (2022-2023) and Ecosystem (2023-2025). In January 2024, he appeared as a guitarist in the opera production Justice by Swiss director Milo Rau at the Grand Théâtre de Genève and in St. Pölten. At the same time, he worked as musical director with Swiss director Eva-Maria Bertschy on her production Fremde Seelen. Kojack Kossakamvwe has also performed as a musician at the Leipzig Jazz Days, the Moers Jazz Festival and Bee-Flat Bern.