The university management has decided to appoint Christoph-Mathias Mueller to the position of Principal Lecturer in Orchestral Conducting. He will take up his post on 1 August 2022, teach together with the current holder of the post, Johannes Schlaefli, for one year, and then take up sole leadership and the main lectureship in conducting on 1 August 2023.
Christoph-Mathias Mueller (*1967) studied violin in Basel and earned a Master of Music from the University of Cincinnati. He has many years of experience as chief conductor and general music director of renowned orchestras. He has won the prestigious ECHO Klassik and OPUS Klassik Awards and has been Artistic Director of the Murten Classics Festival since 2021. In addition to his professional and didactic expertise, Mueller combines an understanding of the "Conductors Studio ZHdK", which has enabled numerous young conductors to make a successful start to their careers.
The ZHdK's conducting training enjoys an excellent international reputation. Numerous ZHdK students and alumni - among them a striking number of women - are extremely successful in the highly competitive market. Behind the ZHdK's conducting expertise is Johannes Schlaefli and his "Conductors Studio ZHdK", which he developed and continuously optimised during his many years at the university from 2009. This fosters a learning culture that promotes intensive exchange for a wide variety of student personalities through curricular activities and learning spaces. The "Conductors Studio ZHdK" trains eight to ten Bachelor's and Master's students in a strikingly egalitarian gender distribution. They enjoy individual, class and ensemble lessons, courses and concerts abroad with professional orchestras, conducting with a wide variety of orchestras, as well as ZHdK-internal cooperation on ensemble, opera and orchestra projects.
Selection Alumni / Alumnae
- Mirga Graลพinytฤ-Tyla, Principal Conductor City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Philippe Bach, General Music Director Meiningen
- Corinna Niemeyer, Directrice Artistique and Principal Conductor Orchestre de Chambre du Luxembourg
- Patrick Lange, General Music Director r Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden
- Johanna Malangrรฉ, Principal Conductor Orchestre de Picardie
- Leo McFall, Principal Conductor Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg
- Zoi Tsokanou, Principal Conductor and Artistic Director Staatsorchester Thessaloniki
- Kerem Hasan, Principal Conductor Tiroler Symphonieorchesters Innsbruck
- Delyana Lazarova, 1st prize Siemens Hallรฉ International Conductors Competition and assistant Hallรฉ Orchestra Manchester
- Chin-Chao Lin, General Music Director Theater Regensburg
- Holly Hyun Choe, Assistant Conductor Tonhalle-Orchester Zรผrich
- Dominic Limburg, Kapellmeister Deutsche Oper Berlin
- Katharina Wincor, Assistant Conductor Dallas Symphony Orchestra
- Johannes Zahn, Kapellmeister Staatstheater Darmstadt
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