Johannes Schlaefli © Chandra Mäder
Johannes Schlaefli
As professor of Conducting at the Zurich University of the Arts since 1999, Schlaefli has developed Switzerland‘s most prestigious conducting class, now seen as one of the most successful and sought-after conducting schools in Europe.
He has become one of the world‘s most highly regarded conducting teachers. Invitations to the Juilliard School New York, the Sibelius Academy Helsinki, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Music-Academies in Berlin, Vienna, Hamburg, Weimar, Oslo and the Aspen Music Festival or as «Head of Teaching» at the Academy of the Menuhin Festival Gstaad testify to this fact.
In addition to his work as a conducting teacher, he is the chief-conductor of the symphony- orchestra «Collegium Musicum Basel».
