Joâo SCHNIER began learning clarinet at ten at the Conservatoire de Nîmes, and complete his studies in Versailles, Bordeaux and in clarinet, chamber music, musicology, music writing, composition, and improvisation. He's currently achieving a teacher's formation at l'Institut Supérieur des Arts de Toulouse. He has studied composition with Aline Marteville and Christophe Maudot, and has written several pieces for various ensemble from solo piano to orchestra, but mainly chamber music. He also had tried electroacoustic by himself.