HKB Composition / Creative Practice

Come study with us!
Application deadline: 17 March
Entrance exams: 14 & 15 April

The BA and MA Composition Creative Practice is mentored by a teaching team of composers, performers and stage directors: Franziska Baumann, Angela Bürger, Teresa Carrasco, Leo Dick, Irene Galindo Quero, Simon Steen-Andersen, Cathy Van Eck among others, supported by a dedicated technical team in the context of our multidisciplinary University, with departments of Sound Arts, Performance, Literature, or Theatre, with whom we collaborate closely.

We look forward to accompanying future students in their development as composers/performer-composers and seeing new professional collaborations and intensive musical, cultural. and personal exchange grow day by day.

Don't hesitate to contact us for any further information.
https://www.hkb.bfh.ch/en/studies/master/music-composition/

Xavier Dayer, the head of our MA HKB Composition / Creative Practice is now set to become the new Director of the Department of Music at ZHdK Zürcher Hochschule der Künste. His official start date is August 1, 2024. This transition comes after over two decades of invaluable contributions at the HKB for which we are immensely grateful!

Neuer Direktor am Departement Musik der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste Der Fachhochschulrat hat Xavier Dayer zum neuen Direktor des Departements Musik der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste ernannt. Er tritt seine neue Position am 1. August 2024 an.