French-Swiss composer and pianist Rodolphe Schacher has been born in Paris in 1973. He studied in Paris, Geneva and Zurich. His career as a student includes five Premier Prix at Paris Conservatoire, first Price of Bertie Alder Stiftung, diplomas in piano, chambermusic and composition, all with excellency. His teachers were Gerald Bennett and Michael Jarrell.
Assigned the annual Aspen scholarship by David Zinman - Principal conductor of Tonhalle Zurich - he has been invited for the Aspen Music Festival in 2005.
Rodolphe Schacher is nowadays a highly demanded composer, his works are being played by prestigious orchestras such as Tonhalle Zurich, Zurich Chamber Orchestra and conducted by just as famous conductors, as there are: David Zinman, Ralph Weikert, Howard Grifith and many more. Besides his acknowleged success in symphonic compositions, he enjoyes writing chamber music and passionately filmmusic. 2007 Composer in Resindence at the renowened Menuhin Festival Gstaad, his new quartet 'Le Renouveau' was premiered by the famous flutist Emmanuel Pahud and members of Berlin Philharmonics.

Orpheum-Musikfesttage - opening concert.

'The new work of Rodolphe Schacher "Illusions" is excellentely orchestrated and has an intelligent and easy to catch dramaturgy. You can't possibly write orchestral music more professionally.'

TA 6.09.04 / Patrick Müller

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Dificulties in comptemporary music - David Zinman, Pricipal conductor of Tonhalle Zurich :

'Somehow, american composers are more present in musical life, than local composers over here. Just to mention an example: Rodolphe Schacher, who I got to know at the Aspen Festival, a joung, highly talented swiss composer. Only that hardly anybody here is aware of it. Would he be adequately promoted, he would most certainly very soon become one of the best known composers around here.'

forum März 06. / Pfister & Meuli

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