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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.
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...
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.
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,...
Jun 3, 1999 · Paul Sacher, plutocrat and patron of music, died on May 26th, aged 93. Jun 3rd 1999 |. TENSIONS between composers and patrons of music are nothing new.
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 (1906-1999), conductor and patron of the arts from Basel, is an integral part of the Swiss music scene of the 20th century. In 1922 he founded the Basler Jugendorchester which he later transformed into the Basler Kammerorchester. 1941 he initiated the Collegium Musicum in Zürich.
