Philippe Spiesser

More than a percussionist, Philippe Spiesser is first and foremost a captivating and atypical musician. A Father conductor, a borther trombonist, Philippe Spiesser began his musical studies with the piano and the trumpet. The meeting with the percussion will will take place much later, at the age of 17. While he was following university studies at the same time, he got five years later, a first prize in Percussion and Chamber Music at the Strasbourg Region National Conservatory. The following year, he won the State Diploma and Certificate of Aptitude as percussion teacher.

It is this dazzling and surprising professional development that made Philippe Spiesser a teacher and a passionate concert artist. Always moving and awakening, he developed his skills through contacts with other artistic circles such as dance, theater, sound and image. Today he’s fulfilling his potential by sharing his passion through teaching and concerts.

Nowadays, Philippe Spiesser teaches at the Geneva Superior Conservatory and at the Perpignan Region National Conservatory. Besides, he regularly gives master classes in many Conservatories in Europe and Asia, such as London, Madrid , Barcelona, San Sebastián, Valencia, La Coruña, Cordoba, Pamplona, Shanghai, Beijing, ...