Heike Schäfer

In addition to her work at the Musikschule Konservatorium Zürich (MKZ), the Musikschule Kilchberg-Rüschlikon and her role as a juror at Swiss youth music competitions, Heike Schäfer regularly lives out her passion for performing on stage. As a duo with pianist Stefan Kägi, she plays a varied repertoire for double bass and piano. She also performs with the Traditional Appenzell String Ensemble Geschwister Küng and with various chamber music ensembles and orchestras.

Heike Schäfer studied at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), the Freiburg University of Music and the Eastman School of Music (New York). She has performed at the Verbier Festival and the Zermatt Music Festival and has shared the stage with numerous orchestras. She played with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, the Nationaltheater Mannheim, the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and the Bundesjugendorchester, among others.

The recognition of her musical work is also reflected in the several prizes and scholarships she has received. Among other awards, she received a 1st national prize at the competition "Jugend musiziert" and was a scholarship holder of the German Foundation for Musical Life, the Villa Musica and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of the Federal Republic of Germany.