Violin Lecturer (30 - 50 %)
- 12 August 2026
- 30 – 50%
- Bern
Job summary
Join the Hochschule der Künste Bern to teach violin across programs. Collaborate in a vibrant, diverse environment with a focus on innovation.
Tasks
- Educate students in violin from PreCollege to Master levels.
- Share artistic expertise in chamber music and project groups.
- Guide students in contemporary music interpretation.
Skills
- Advanced degree with strong artistic and pedagogical experience.
- Fluency in German, English, or French for teaching and correspondence.
- Familiarity with Swiss music education system and digital teaching tools.
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About the job
What you will do here
- Teach students of all classical study programmes (PreCollege, Bachelor, Master Pedagogy, Master Performance and Master Specialized Music Performance) in the subject of violin
- Pass on your high artistic expertise in numerous modules; for example in chamber music, performative-transdisciplinary formats and project groups
- In addition to teaching the traditional repertoire in your main subject class, supervise violin and string students in the subject of contemporary music interpretation
- As part of a modern art university, support the next generation and actively contribute to research fields and music mediation contexts
- Build and maintain your class on site in weekly face-to-face lessons, auditions, commission and examination work, as well as further develop study content
What you ideally bring with you
- Successfully completed university studies, a high artistic qualification and pedagogical-didactic experience at university level
- International artistic activity in ensembles, chamber music and solo performance. The field of contemporary music plays a significant role in your portfolio
- Confident use of the current diversity of methods in didactics and technically informed handling of digital teaching tools. Interest in subject-related research topics
- Good knowledge of the Swiss music education system with regard to broad and elite promotion
- Fluent correspondence and teaching language in German, English and/or French are expected. Team spirit and willingness to collaborate
Some of our advantages in advance
- Lived and openly designed transdisciplinarity, plus a unique mix of research and teaching.
- An international faculty that combines tradition with innovation, excellence with experiment and guides our students individually towards their own careers.
- A corporate culture that fosters diversity, artistic openness and the transitions between disciplines, attitudes and traditions.
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Daniela Werder
HR Consultant
T +41 31 848 43 37
The Bern University of the Arts (HKB)
At the HKB , a department of the BFH, we unite a variety of artistic and design disciplines under one roof. As an innovative art university with an inspiring atmosphere, we place great value on cross-disciplinary teaching and research in music, design and art, conservation and restoration, theatre, literature and in our transdisciplinary Y Institute.
