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The Haute école de musique de Lausanne (HEMU, known as Institute of Advanced Musical Studies prior to 2010, founded in 1861 as Conservatoire de Lausanne) is a Swiss music school located in
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, the French-speaking western part of
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. It is a constituent institution of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland.


History

; Name change in 2010 Until the summer of 2010, the name, "Conservatoire de Lausanne", referred to two schools with different objectives and faculties. The Music School was public institution for educating children and young adults. The Institute of Advanced Musical Studies, based in
Lausanne Lausanne ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of towns in Switzerland, city of the Swiss French-speaking Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway bet ...
, Sion, and Fribourg, offered a comprehensive higher education for aspiring professional musicians. To mitigate the ensuing confusion, administrators in 2010 launched two new distinct identities. The School of Music became the Lausanne Conservatory and the Lausanne Institute of Advanced Musical Studies adopted the acronym HEMU for Haute école de musique. On 1 September 2008 the classical music schools of Sion and Fribourg integrated with HEMU. ; Founding in 1861 The Haute école de musique de Lausanne was founded in 1861 as the Conservatoire de Lausanne with a mandate of training and educating aspiring professional musicians. HEMU is a comprehensive music school that offers degrees leading to accredited bachelor's and master's degrees. HEMU has a cooperative affiliation with the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland. ; College divisions HEMU currently has two divisions: Classical and Jazz. In 2013, approximately 300 students were enrolled in Classical and 60 in Jazz. According to the HEMU website, its jazz department is the only one of its kind in French-speaking Switzerland. Jazz at HEMU was launched in 2006. ; Library HEMU has a large music library of scores, literature, references, and recordings. ; Pre-college division Lausanne Conservatory for children and young adults has, as of 2012, an enrollment of about 1,200 students. ; Theater school In 1909, the institution launched an acting school — ''Section professionnelle d'art dramatique du Conservatoire de Lausanne (SPAD).'' As of 2003, the acting school has been located in the Haute École de théâtre ("High School of Theater" or "HESTR") in
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.


Accreditation

The HEMU bachelor's and master's degrees are accredited by the Swiss government and the Music and Performing Arts division of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Switzerland's largest institution of constituent schools and colleges involved in research, higher education, and professional training. HEMU is a member of the
European Association of Conservatoires The European Association of Conservatoires (AEC) is the main association of colleges and university schools of music in Europe and represents the interests of institutions that are concerned with training for the music profession. It is abbreviate ...
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Notable faculty and alumni


HEMU directors

* 1861–1905: Gustavus Adolphus Koella * 1905–1908: Émile-Robert Blanchet (1877–1943), pianist * 1908–1921: Jules Nicati (1873–1939) * 1921–1941: Charles Troyon (1867–1948) * 1941–1957: Alfred Pochon (fr) (1878–1959), violinist and musicologist * 1957–1967: Carlo Hemmerling (de) (1903–1967) * 1967–1968: Edmond Defrancesco ''(interim)'' * 1968–1972: Rainer Bösch (born 1938), composer * 1972–1983: Michel Rochat * 1984–1998: Jean-Jacques Rapin (de) (1932–2015) * 1998–2001: Olivier Cuendet * 2001–2010: Pierre Wavre * Since 2010: Hervé Klopfenstein (fr) (1957–), conductor, theory, flutist †


HEMU faculty

* Roger Bobo (born 1938), low-brass virtuoso * 1947–1960: Hans Haug (1900–1967), composer * 1904–1917: Émile-Robert Blanchet (1877–1943), pianist * 1973–1990: Ayla Erduran (tr) (1934–2025) * Current: Jorge Viladoms, pianist * 1950s: Herbert von Karajan * 2005–2010: David Bruchez, trombone * Pierre Amoyal (born 1949), violinist * Current: Jean-François Antonioli (born 1959), pianist, head of piano department † * Marçal Cervera (de) (born 1928), cellist * Guy Fallot (born 1927), cellist * 1949: Paul Kletzki (1900–1973), conductor * Alfred Cortot (1877–1962), conductor and pianist (taught several master classes after WWII) * Muriel Rochat Rienth (born 1971), recorder (teaches in Fribourg) * André de Ribaupierre (1893–1955), violinist * Edmond Appia (fr) (1994–1961), violinist, conductor


HEMU alumni

* Jean-François Antonioli (born 1959), pianist (diploma and 1st Prize in 1977) * Constantin Brăiloiu (1893–1958), composer and ethnomusicologist *
Brice Catherin Brice Catherin (born 16 October 1981) is a French composer and cello, cellist. Studies and first professional steps Born in Brussels, Belgium, Brice Catherin studied the cello at the Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne (Switzerland) with profes ...
(born 1981), cellist * Caroline Charrière (1960–2018), composer, flautist * Charles Dutoit (born 1936), conductor (studied with Herbert von Karajan in 1955) * Guy Fallot (fr) (1927–2018), cellist (studied at the Conservatory from 1934 to 1938; earning 1st Prize in 1938) † * Rudolph Ganz (1877–1972), composer and conductor * Eduardo Hubert, pianist * Fabio Maffei (fr) (born 1968), pianist and composer * Boris Mersson (de) (1921–2013), pianist and composer * Patrick Moraz (born 1948) (student before 1968), rock keyboardist with Yes and Moody Blues * Pat Nye (1908–1994), studied music, but became an actress * Tedi Papavrami (born 1971), violinist (graduated 1987) * Joseph Payne (1937–2008); organist, harpsichordist * Louis Schwizgebel-Wang (born 1987), pianist * Jorge Uliarte (born 1962), conductor *
Marcello Viotti Marcello Viotti (29 June 195416 February 2005) was a Swiss classical music conductor, best known for opera. Viotti was born in Vallorbe, in the French-speaking region of Switzerland, to Italian parents. He studied cello, piano and singing at th ...
(1954–2005), cellist, pianist, conductor * (born 1925), composer, flutist, pedagog * Julien-François Zbinden (1917–2021), pioneer jazz pianist (1938), composer Note: † signifies alumni and faculty


Selected discography

* ''Inauguration du Conservatoire de Lausanne du,'' VDE-Gallo 630 ( CD) (1990); # Bach: " Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten!" — # Perrin: "Cantosenhal" — # François Thury: " Mata-Hari" — # Alexandra Cservený: "Les animaux chanteurs de Breme" — # Gaudibert: "Feuillages" — :: Lena Hauser, soprano; Stephan Imboden, bass; Miguel Fernandez, narrator; Stéphane Borel, Maxime Favrod (fr), Jacques Hostettler, percussion :: Lausanne Conservatory Chorus & Orchestra, Hervé Klopfenstein (fr), conductor :: Tracks 3 and 5 are studio recordings; 1, 2, and 4 were recorded live on 5 April 1990


Selected videos


HEMU promotional video


Publications

* ''Chronique du Conservatoire de Lausanne et institut de musique'' (journal); * ''Règlement général de l'Institut de musique de Lausanne,'' 2nd ed. (1861); * ''25e anniversaire de fondation de l'Institut de musique de Lausanne: 1861–1886 — statistique et catalogue des élèves'' (1886); * ''Conservatoire de Lausanne, Institut de musique: Jubilé cinquantenaire 1861–1911 — Notice historique'' (1911); *
150 Ans en Quelques Dates: Haute Ecole de Musique et Conservatoire de Lausanne
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See also

* Orchestre symphonique et universitaire de Lausanne (fr)


Notes and references


External links

*
Conservatoire de Lausanne

Haute école de musique de Lausanne

HEMU library

Académie de musique de Lausanne
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