Roche links up with composer in cultural project
02 Sep 2008
Roche has commissioned Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa to produce a piece of music for the fifth work in the Roche Commissions series.
The composition will be performed as a world premiere in the summer of 2010 at Lucerne's Culture and Convention Centre.
As part of its Roche Commissions series, the drugs giant regularly commissions work from composers, with the selections being based on advice from recommendations by the artistic directors of the Lucerne Festival, Carnegie Hall and the Cleveland Orchestra.
Franz Humer, president of the company's board, stated he is delighted with the decision to ask Toshio Hosokawa to compose a piece of music.
He added: "Creativity and innovation are at the heart not only of art and music, but also of research, a fact that makes the dialogue between the two disciplines consistently fascinating."
In the first half of this year, Roche's net income reached 5.7 billion Swiss francs (£2.9 billion), with group sales increasing by ten per cent in local currencies.
