Sheet music by Jean-Claude Schlaepfer

Jean-Claude Schlaepfer studied piano for many years with M. Risler and others. His corresponding theoretical studies were undertaken at the ’Conservatoire supérieur de musique de Genève’ where he acquired his diploma in musical culture, won a prize for composition (class of Pierre Wissmer and Jean Balissat) and the prize of the city of Geneva. He went on to study with Betsy Jolas, composer and professor at the ’Conservatoire national supérieur de Paris’. In 1988 he won the Swiss Musicians Association Prize. Besides his composing, he teaches harmony and analysis at the conservatory, and at the Popular Music Conservatory in Geneva.