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Paul Sacher (28 April 1906 – 26 May 1999) was a Swiss conductor, patron and billionaire businessman. At the time of his death Sacher was majority shareholder of pharmaceutical company Hoffmann-La Roche and was considered the third richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of US$13 billion.
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May 27, 1999 · Paul Sacher, a conductor, champion of contemporary music and arts patron, whose family fortune, based on a controlling share of the Roche pharmaceutical empire, amounted to an estimated $13...
Jun 3, 1999 · For it is Paul Sacher who is credited with rescuing much music by Mozart from obscurity, including “Idomeneo”, an almost forgotten opera when he helped rediscover it in the 1930s. In...
May 28, 1999 · Paul Sacher, the eminent Swiss philanthropist and conductor who commissioned or led first performances of more than 200 20th century musical works, died Wednesday in Zurich, Switzerland,...
Paul Sacher (1906–1999) devoted himself to the music of his century in many different ways: as a performer, as a patron of new compositions, and as a member and sponsor of many committees and institutions.
Honoured in 1988 by a Doctorate from Oxford University, he deserves to be remembered as an accomplished conductor - and not only of contemporary music.
May 26, 1999 · The respected Swiss conductor and philanthropist, Paul Sacher, began in 1926 his studies in Basel. With Felix Weingartner he studied conducting at the Basel Conservatory and with Karl Nef and Jacques Handschin musicology at the University of Basel.
Paul Sacher (born April 28, 1906 in Basel, † May 26, 1999) was a Swiss conductor, patron and founder of the Basler Kammerorchester and the Basler Kammerchor. Explore music from Paul Sacher. Shop for vinyl, CDs, and more from Paul Sacher on Discogs.
Nov 24, 2023 · In 2017–18 years after his death – Paul Sacher’s spirit will be revived once again as the most compelling works of the 21st century are brought to Basel for the first edition of “Basel Composition Competition” (BCC), an international event open to the public, conceived and organised by Artistic Management GmbH in ...
