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COMPOSER | ORCHESTRATOR | PIANIST

CÉLINE FANKHAUSER

COMPOSER

ORCHESTRATOR

PIANIST

About Céline

Céline Fankhauser is a composer, orchestrator and pianist based in Switzerland. After finishing her Master in film scoring at the Zurich University of the Arts she has been working as a freelance composer over the past few years. Her work includes music for several animated as well as life action shorts, documentaries and web games. Her short films have been screened at many different international festivals such as 55. Solothurner Filmtage, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur and Palm Springs International Animation Festival. Céline has also composed music for dance projects and loves to write concert music for all kinds of ensembles. As an arranger she has worked for Tonhalle Zürich in collaborations with Mirko Loko and Ripperton

Her recent works include a silent film concert with seven shorts by Alice Guy for the festival Les Inoubliables, composed during a residency in Paris in 2024 and a symphonic composition for the dance production Himinglæva in 2025.

Célines favorite task is to compose to movement, be it to a moving picture or dance. Being a gymnast herself, she feels most at home with everything that is vivid and playful. Céline loves to be inspired by characters and stories when composing. Adding another layer to the story and guiding emotions is a very responsible and challenging task that she loves to do.

Studies

Film Scoring (Niki Reiser, Olav Lervik)
Theatre and Dance Scoring (Kaspar Ewald, Till Löffler)
Orchestration (Kurt Widorski)
Music Theory (Johannes Schild, Kaspar Ewald)
Classical Piano (Susann Gerassimov, Tamriko Kordzaia)
Jazz Composition (Martin Streule, André Bellmont)
Songwriting (Markus Schönholzer)
Sound Engineering (Daniel Dettwyler)

Media

TV interview (October 2025) by RTS with Amelia Feuer „RTS 12h45“
Article (September 2025) by Nicola Ulmi „Dans la tête de Céline Fankhauser“
Interview (Mai 2025) with Sorociné „Ciné concert Alice Guy“
Radio Interview (August 2024) with Happy Radio Kanal K „from 10min52“
Article (October 2023) ZHdK „Alba“

Himinglæva

dance show | composer and producer

Who Runs The World

short film fiction | co-composer

Curveball

popsong | co-composer and orchestrator

Periodic Motion

3D animation | composer and sounddesigner
Harry
short film animation | co-composer
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Les Inoubliables

ciné concert Alice Guy | composer in residency
Die Schneekönigin
dance show | composer and producer

Stabiu

series documentary | composer

Der Sopran und die Stalinorgel

short film documentary | composer

History App

web application | composer
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Home
feature film documentary | composer (coming soon)

BADI

feature film documentary | composer (coming soon)

Time Stranger

short film fiction | co-composer

Battles Of The Fords Of Isen

short film fiction | composer

Oh, Biene

short film animation | co-composer
Freddys Reise
webgame | composer
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Alba

dance film | composer

Tonhalle Late

concert | arranger

Concerts

composer

To Do

short film animation | composer

Geklaut

short film fiction | composer
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