Pascal Schumacher was born on March 12th, 1979, in Luxemburg.

He starts his studies as a percussionist at the classical music department of the Conservatoire de Musique de la Ville de Luxembourg (L) and obtains the Prix Supérieur in 1999. In 1996 he is accepted at the Conservatoire National de Région de Strasbourg (F) (teacher: Emmanuel Séjourné) where he receives the diploma for “Specialising Keyboard” in 2000, with congratulations from a unanimous jury.

 From 1997 on he studies with jazz vibraphone player Guy Cabay, first at the jazz department of the Conservatoire de Luxembourg, where he obtains the Prix Supérieur with distinction in 2001, later at the jazz department of the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles (B), where he obtains a bachelor degree in June 2003. In 2005 he graduates then at Koninklijk Conservatorium of The Hague (NL) with Frits Landesbergen (master). He also receives a master’s degree of musicology at the Université Marc Bloch de Strasbourg (F) in 2002.

Pascal also followed master classes and workshops with David Friedman, Stefon Harris, Mike Manieri, Gary Burton, Franck Tortiller, Wolfgang Lackerschmid, and Jean Geoffroy…

 In 1995, he co-founds the ensemble Interchange with saxophonist Nadine Kauffmann.

In 1998, he receives the „IKB Jugend-Förderpreis“.

In 1999, he is laureate of the Prix Norbert Stelmes des Jeunesses Musicales Luxembourg.

In 2001, he is co-founder of the experimental percussion group Stroke X.

From 2001 to 2003 he co-leads Greg Lamy - Pascal Schumacher Quartet.

 From 1997 on, Pascal orientates himself more towards improvised music, especially jazz music, and regularly performs with different bands, such as Chroma, Kristen Cornwell Quintet, Marc Demuth Quartet, Oliver Strauch Regio Band, Gasz3, Radio Lume….

In 2002 he forms his own quartet: Pascal Schumacher Quartet with Jef Neve on piano, Christophe Devisscher on bass and Teun Verbruggen on drums, replaced in 2006 by Jens Düppe. The quartet released three albums “Change Of The Moon” (2003), “Personal Legend” (2005), „Silbergrau“ (2007) for IGLOO Records and toured in Australia, Canada, Vietnam, South Africa, Portugal, Greece, France, Germany, Benelux...

Since 2003, Pascal orientates himself more and more towards composition and writes for film, theatre, dance, chamber music, children, big band and percussion ensembles.

In august 2004, Pascal Schumacher Quartet wins the First Prize as well as the Public Prize at the famous Tremplin Jazz Avignon (F).

 In November 2005, he wins the Belgian Django d’Or Award in the category “New Talent”.

Pascal Schumacher is an appointed teacher at the Conservatoire de Luxembourg and gave clinics and workshops f.ex. in the conservatories of Sydney, Canberra (AUS), Hanoi (VIE), Antwerp (B) and Echternach (L)

Pascal plays the Yamaha vibraphone model 3710.