Peter Scherer (musician)
Peter Scherer (* 1953 in Zurich ) is a Swiss composer, arranger and producer.
Life
Peter Scherer studied with György Ligeti and Terry Riley , among others, and moved to New York in 1980 . He worked as an arranger, studio musician and producer and has played with Kip Hanrahan , John Zorn , David Byrne , Marc Ribot, Jun Miyake, Nile Rodgers, Cameo, Ikue Mori and Naná Vasconcelos , among others . With Arto Lindsay he founded the noise-funk duo "Ambitious Lovers". As a producer worked with Caetano Veloso , Bill Frisell , Corin Curschellas , Ute Lemper and Naná Vasconcelos, with whom he has worked for many years, as an arranger and as a musician on many of their tours and studio recordings.
He realized compositions for film music with Never Again, Forever and Another Road Home for producer Danae Elon , also for Voodoo - Mounted by the Gods (2001) by Alberto Venzago , for the Brazilian film Sobras em Obras by Michel Favre and Aline from Kamal Musale .
He wrote music for two productions of the choreographer Amanda Miller , Pretty Ugly and No Wild Ones , for the Frankfurt Ballet , as well as for the ballet of the Opera Zurich to Essey and Pannes.
Peter Scherer has lived in Zurich since 2010, where he mainly composes music for documentaries and feature films. He also teaches at the HKB in Bern in the field of sound arts and at the ZHdK in Zurich in the field of music for film, theater and media .
In 2013 he received the Swiss Film Prize for the best film music for More than Honey .
Filmography (selection)
- 1999: Sobras em Obras (documentary)
- 2001: Voodoo - Mounted by the Gods (documentary)
- 2003: crime scene: shadowless
- 2004: Another Road Home (documentary)
- 2005: Point de fuite (dance film)
- 2007: Marmorera
- 2007: Crime Scene: The Flower of Evil
- 2009: Twelve Winters (TV movie)
- 2009: Hunger (documentary)
- 2010: She Deserved It (TV Movie)
- 2010: Daniel Schmid - Le chat qui pense (documentary)
- 2012: Si prè, si loin (documentary)
- 2012: night noise
- 2012: More than Honey (documentary)
- 2014: Dark Star - HR Giger's Welt (documentary)
- 2015: Dora or our parents' sexual neuroses
- 2016: Cahier Africain (documentary)
- 2017: Dessine-moi une rivière (documentary film)
- 2018: Eldorado (documentary)
- 2018: # Female Pleasure (documentary)
Discographic notes
- Peter Scherer and Don Li: That Land, 2009
- Peter Scherer: Marmorera, 2007
- Peter Scherer: Passare, 2007
- Laurie Anderson: Live at Town Hall, New York City . Hamburg: Warner Strategic Marketing; Hamburg: East West Records, 2002
- Arto Lindsay: Prize , 1999
- Peter Scherer: Cronologia , 1996
- Peter Scherer: Very Neon Pet , 1995
- Peter Scherer: Pretty Ugly , 1990
- Caetano Veloso: Estrangeiro , 1989
- Bill Frisell: Before We Were Born , 1989
- Ambitious Lovers Lust , 1988 (with Naná Vasconcelos , Bill Frisell, John Zorn, John Lurie, Joey Baron, Vernon Reid , DK Dyson , Jill Jaffe, Gail Lou)
Awards
- 2013: Swiss film award for the best film music for More than Honey
- 2015: Nomination for the Swiss Film Prize for the best film music for Dora or the sexual neuroses of our parents
Web links
- Official website
- Peter Scherer in Internet Movie Database (English)
- Peter Scherer at filmportal.de
- Peter Scherer at swissfilms.ch
- Literature by and about Peter Scherer in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Bettina Spoerri : The sound of bees , at NZZ , March 23, 2013, p. 40
- Literature by and about Peter Scherer in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Scherer , short bio on the website (English)
- ↑ NZZ online
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scherer, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |