Paul Leonard Schäffer (born 16 March 1987) is a German composer, conductor and pianist.
He studied music composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main with Gerhard Müller-Hornbach, church music with Martin Lücker (organ) as well as conducting with Wojciech Rajski at the same university.
In the year 2014 he was finalist of the orchestra composition competition of the Weimarer Frühjahrstage für zeitgenössische Musik [de].
[2] Performances took place at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden, the Alte Oper Frankfurt and in the context of the Rheingau Musik Festival, of the Festival junger Künstler Bayreuth [de], der Kasseler Musiktage und der Handel-Festspiele Karlsruhe statt.
[1] In February 2012 he made his debut as musical director of The Threepenny Opera with the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz at Theater im Pfalzbau Ludwigshafen.