Bern Academy of Arts

Coordinates: 46°56′48″N 7°23′29″E / 46.94667°N 7.39139°E

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Bern Academy of Arts

Campus Fellerstrasse
Location

Bern, Biel/Bienne Switzerland
Coordinates	46°56′48″N 7°23′29″E / 46.94667°N 7.39139°E / 46.94667; 7.39139
Information
Type	Public
Established	1 September 2003
Dean	Thomas Beck^[1]
Number of students	980
Website	Bern Academy of Arts

The Bern Academy of Arts (German: Hochschule der Künste Bern) is an art school with locations in Bern and Biel/Bienne. It was created in 2003 from the merger of the University of Music and Theatre and the School of Design, Art and Conservation. The educational institution is one of eight departments of the Bern University of Applied Sciences. Students and lecturers of the HKB come from over 30 countries.^[2] The HKB works in research and as an organizer according to information closely with Swiss and international partners from culture, society and economy together, enabling even large-scale projects such as the Biennale Bern. It also contributes to cultural life in Berne.^[3]

Departments

Departments at the Bern Academy of Arts include music, design and art, opera, theater, conservation and restoration, the Swiss Literature Institute and the Y Institute. It offers internationally recognized Bachelor and Master courses in these departments. Since 2006, the Swiss Literary Institute [fr] has been a part of the school. The Y Institute is a center for interdisciplinary teaching and works at the interfaces of art and science.

Notable alumni

The HKB and its predecessor institutions such as the Bern Conservatory and the School for Music and Theatre Bern have trained many famous artists. These include:

Elina Duni, Swiss-Albanian singer and composer
Dorothee Elmiger, Swiss writer
Linda Geiser, Swiss actress
Rebecca Indermaur, Swiss actress
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Moldovan-Austrian violinist
Stefan Kurt, Swiss actor
Gwendolyn Masin, Dutch-Irish violinist
Matthias Nawrat, German writer
Andreas Reize, Swiss organist and conductor, Thomaskantor
Maximilian Schell, Swiss actor, director, and producer
Martin Schenkel, Swiss actor and musician
Latefa Wiersch, German visual artist
Luzia von Wyl, Swiss pianist and composer
Kaspar Zehnder, Swiss conductor and flutist

References

^ "Hochschule der Künste Bern". www.hkb.bfh.ch. Archived from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Über die HKB". www.hkb.bfh.ch. Archived from the original on 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2020-02-09.

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