Bassoon

In addition to the teaching provided by the permanent professor, a renowned soloist and chamber musician as well as an experienced teacher, students in the HEM bassoon class benefit from the input of internationally renowned artists, who are regularly invited to give masterclasses.

The HEM’s bassoon class offers a particularly stimulating learning environment, which makes the most of their cultural diversity. The atmosphere is one that favours human contact and new friendships. Besides the individual classes, there is a large number and variety of opportunities to play in a group: orchestra sessions, chamber music, multi-disciplinary projects. Simulations of orchestra contests are also regularly held.

Our students are encouraged to broaden their horizons by getting an initiation in the baroque bassoon within the HEM’s Department of Music of the Past. Thanks to the resources at our Centre de musique électroacoustique (Centre for electro-acoustic music, CME), they can also experiment with avant-garde styles of music through amplification, the use of effect pedals, etc.

The close ties that the HEM maintains with the region’s professional ensembles offer our students numerous opportunities to play in renowned ensembles such as the Orchestre de la Suisse romande (OSR), the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève (OCG) or the Ensemble de musique contemporaine Contrechamps.  The vitality of the music scene in French-speaking Switzerland provides numerous opportunities for engagement, so as to enrich their practice and grow their network of contacts.