What we do
- some courses are held publicly; thus an interested audience can explore the mystique between conductor and orchestra.
- we make Johannes Schlaefli's coaching available to young talents by keeping the cost price at a reasonable level
- we promote internationally aspiring conductors by creating professional conditions
- we support the artistic goals of «Conducting Academy Johannes Schlaefli»
- we anchor the Conducting Academy with international appeal, especially in the city of Basel
- we organize touching, eye- and ear-opening final concerts
- we enable new concert formats with different highly talented conductors during one concert
- we promote women in the conducting profession
Board of the association
«Friends of the Conducting Academy Johannes Schlaefli»
Mario Venzago, president, former chief conductor in Basel, Bern, Indianapolis etc.
Kamilla Schatz, former violinist, founder of the Pestalozzi School Camps
Immanuel Richter, principal trumpet in the Basel Symphony Orchestra, internationally active as soloist
Norbert Steinwarz, dancer and choreographer, music mediator
Kristin Loss, journalist and translator
Dorothea Brunner, cultural manager and pedagogue