Philippe Bachman is a musician, artistic director and producer based in Paris. After his studies at Paris Conservatoire (CNSMDP) and at SciencesPo Paris, he has been awarded Villa Medicis Hors-les- Murs (France) and Fulbright Scholar (USA), and lived in New York City. He has toured as a trio in a dozen countries and he composes for international stage productions, including for Canadian director Robert Lepage.

In 2015, he was Chair of the National Committee for New Music Commissions (Ministry of Culture) and has worked for UNESCO, Paris “Cité de la Musique”, Ircam. He has been CEO of the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra (1997-2001) and the Chamber Choir Accentus (2002-2003).

Since January 2019 he is teaching a seminar on Being an Artist in today’s World: facts and fantasies at SciencesPo Paris (Europe- America & Europe- Africa programs).

Since 2004, he has been CEO & Artistic Director of La Comète - Scène nationale de Châlons-en-Champagne, a national performing arts venue (3 halls, 120 performances, including an international dance season), awarded one of the 8 European Artistic Hubs by French Ministry of Culture since 2018. He is founding member of Tour de Dance, an informal network bringing together dance venues and programmers from France, Belgium, Luxemburg and Germany sharing international dance projects and tours. In 2008, he created the 360° Network, bringing together 18 circular performing arts venues from eleven countries. Since 2013, he is the CEO and Artistic Director of War on Screen International Film Festival.