Lecturer in Jazz Piano and Ensembles (30-60%)

Bern

Key information

Publication date:09 December 2025
Workload:30 – 60%
Place of work:Bern

Job summary

Join the Hochschule der Künste Bern as a Jazz Piano Instructor. Exciting opportunity to shape future musicians in a vibrant environment.

Tasks

Teach Bachelor and Master students in Jazz and Contemporary Music.
Build and manage your own piano class, guiding students to their diplomas.
Enhance students' musical skills and creativity for the music market.

Skills

Degree in Jazz Piano with international performance experience required.
Strong pedagogical skills and experience in higher education.
Diverse stylistic knowledge beyond core Jazz repertoire.

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What you will do here

Teach bachelor and master students of the Jazz and Contemporary Music department in the core subjects of piano and stylistic ensembles
Build your own piano class and support students towards their diplomas
Promote the musical skills of the students as well as their ability to reflect and creativity with regard to the music and teaching market
Support the development of a transdisciplinary-oriented university together with the faculty and participate in juries and commissions
Engage with research and mediation questions around current music practice and set your own impulses

What you ideally bring with you

Successfully completed university studies in jazz piano, international artistic presence and extensive performance experience
International visibility as a pianist, performer or composer in the aforementioned stylistic field. Language skills in German, French and/or English
Didactic aptitude and pedagogical teaching experience at university level, knowledge of the diversity of methods in current music teaching
Wide stylistic range beyond the core jazz repertoire, experience in music mediation issues and formats and related areas
Willingness to be regularly present in Bern during the semester, as weekly on-site teaching is required. The interviews with teaching demonstration will take place on March 2 and 3, 2026.

Some of our advantages in advance

Lived and openly designed transdisciplinarity, plus a unique mix of research and teaching.
Many contacts with young, eager people from all over the world who want to achieve something.
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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Stephanie Binggeli
HR Consultant
T +41 31 848 43 49

The Bern University of the Arts (HKB)

At HKB, a department of 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, theater, literature and in our transdisciplinary Y Institute.