Paul Sacher

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Paul Sacher was a Swiss conductor, patron, and founder of major contemporary music institutions who commissioned and supported many leading 20th-century composers.

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Paul Sacher canonical 16
Dr. Paul Sacher 1

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instanceOf Swiss person ⓘ
conductor ⓘ
human ⓘ
patron of the arts ⓘ
birthCountry Switzerland ⓘ
birthDate 1906-04-28 ⓘ
birthPlace Basel ⓘ
linked to: Basel-Stadt
boardMemberOf Hoffmann-La Roche ⓘ
linked to: Roche
citizenship Switzerland ⓘ
commissionedWorkFrom Arthur Honegger ⓘ
Bohuslav Martinů ⓘ
Béla Bartók ⓘ
Elliott Carter ⓘ
Frank Martin ⓘ
György Ligeti ⓘ
Hans Werner Henze ⓘ
Henri Dutilleux ⓘ
Igor Stravinsky ⓘ
Krzysztof Penderecki ⓘ
Luciano Berio ⓘ
Michael Tippett ⓘ
Pierre Boulez ⓘ
Richard Strauss ⓘ
Sergei Prokofiev ⓘ
Witold Lutosławski ⓘ
deathDate 1999-05-26 ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
fieldOfActivity classical music ⓘ
contemporary classical music ⓘ
early music performance ⓘ
founded Basel Chamber Orchestra ⓘ
Basler Kammerorchester ⓘ
Collegium Musicum Zürich ⓘ
Paul Sacher Foundation ⓘ
Paul Sacher Stiftung ⓘ
hasCollectionAt Paul Sacher Foundation ⓘ
honor membership in various academies of arts and sciences ⓘ
numerous honorary doctorates ⓘ
knownFor commissioning contemporary music ⓘ
promoting early music and contemporary music ⓘ
supporting 20th-century composers ⓘ
language German ⓘ
name Paul Sacher ⓘ
notableCommission Concerto in D for String Orchestra (Stravinsky) ⓘ
Divertimento for String Orchestra (Bartók) ⓘ
Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani ⓘ
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta ⓘ
Partita for Orchestra (Lutosławski) ⓘ
Pli selon pli (Boulez, associated support) ⓘ
notableStudentOrCollaborator Heinz Holliger ⓘ
Pierre Boulez ⓘ
occupation conductor ⓘ
musicologist ⓘ
patron of the arts ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
Paul Sacher FoundationLocatedIn Basel ⓘ
linked to: Basel-Stadt
relativeByMarriage Hoffmann-La Roche family ⓘ
residence Basel ⓘ
linked to: Basel-Stadt

Schönenberg near Basel ⓘ
spouse Maja Hoffmann-Stehlin ⓘ
Maja Sacher-Stehlin ⓘ

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