The Swiss pianist Oliver Schnyder studied with Homero Francesch and Leon Fleisher. He has performed in the main concert halls of Europe, North America and Asia (Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw, Vienna Musikverein, Kennedy Center Washington D.C., Moscow Great Hall, Tchaikovsky Hall, Cologne Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic and Herkulessaal, the Congress House Lucerne KKL, Konzerthaus Copenhagen, Bozar Brussels, Zurich Tonhalle, Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, Seoul Arts Centre, Taipei National Concert Hall, Wigmore Hall and many more) and at the festivals of Lucerne, Gstaad, Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Schwarzenberg and Hohenems (the Schubertiade), Schwetzingen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Montreux-Vevey (Septembre Musical), Klosters, Ruhr (Piano), Linz (Brucknerfest) and Garmisch-Partenkirchen. He has also played with leading orchestras (Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Baltimore Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra, Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, WDR Symphony Orchestra and many more) under the baton of conductors such as Semyon Bychkov, Charles Dutoit, Philippe Jordan, Sir Roger Norrington, Michail Jurowski, Mario Venzago and David Zinman. Schnyder also performs internationally with the Oliver Schnyder Trio (together with Andreas Janke and Benjamin Nyffenegger) and as a chamber music partner to numerous renowned musicians. His many CD recordings, for labels such as Sony, RCA Red Seal, Berlin Classics and Prospero, have won various prizes including the German Record Critics’ Award. Alongside his concert activities, Schnyder is also the artistic director of the Orpheum Foundation Zurich and co-director of the piano series Piano District and the Lenzburgiade Festival.