Stringed Instruments
Welcome to the stringed instruments of Interpretation & Performance! The training at the ZHdK includes courses for violin, viola, violoncello and double bass as well as for harp, guitar and lute in the Bachelor of Arts in Music, Master of Arts in Music Pedagogy, Master of Arts in Music Performance and Master of Arts in Specialized Music Performance programmes.
In addition, degree programmes in Creative Music Practices, Jazz, Pop as well as School Music can be taken with a stringed instrument as the instrumental main subject.
Music studies at the ZHdK take place at one of the largest integrated art colleges in Europe. Students are guided by excellent lecturers and benefit from state-of-the-art infrastructure. The flexible and permeable study programme and the broad networking with the professional world offer optimal conditions for the start of a professional career.
Degree programmes
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Guitar
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Harp
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Double bass
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Lute
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Viola
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Violin
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Cello
Lecturers
Guitar
Harp
Double bass
Lute
From the autumn semester of 2025, Niels Pfeffer will be the new main subject lecturer for lute instruments.
Viola
Violin
Cello
Further lecturers
Orchestra
Orchestral practice plays a central role at the ZHdK. The representative university formations “Orchester der ZHdK” and the ensemble for contemporary music “Arc-en-Ciel” and the polivalent “Kammerensemble der ZHdK” enrich the cultural offerings in the greater Zurich area.
Masterclasses
Public masterclasses are held regularly at the ZHdK. Here, outstanding musical personalities from the fields of creation, interpretation and reflection can be experienced in intensive work with students.
Historically Informed Performance Practice
Contemporary Music
The Studio Contemporary Music is one of the institutions within ZHdK with the most public events. Many questions that recur in scores of older music can be directly posed and negotiated in contemporary music.
Career Centre Music
The Career Center Music offers ZHdK music students a whole host of career-related content, enabling them to embark upon their professional life with success. It acts as the interface between study and career.
Infrastructure
Students at the ZHdK Musik benefit from an excellent infrastructure, live electronics and multimedia, audio productions with in-house sound engineers, historical instrument collections, an extensive equipment pool for loan and an excellent library.