François Papirer was born in 1970 in Mulhouse, France. He awarded the gold medal, the Accessit First Prize and the Regional award the Mulhouse Academy of Music in 1990 – 1991. He obtained Diploma from the Freiburg-in-Breisgau School of Music in 1996; was a teacher of Percussion at the Délémont Conservatoire, Switzerland. He developed a passion for Indian drums (tablas). In 2004, he awarded the international programme “Hors les Murs” from the Médicis Villa.