The Hochschule für Musik is an institute of the

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. It owns the status of an advanced

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since 1999.

History

Composer Hans Huber, director of the general music school ''Allgemeine Musikschule'' founded in 1867, founded in 1905 a conservatory, the first of its kind in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. Today this institution bears the name ''Hochschule für Musik in Basel''. In 1954, the ''Allgemeine Musikschule'' and the ''Hochschule für Musik'' were combined with the

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, which was founded in 1933 by

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Alumni

* Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini (born 1971)

External links

Webpage of the ''Hochschule für Musik''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hochschule fur Musik (Basel) Music schools in Switzerland