Camenisch in Bern Head of the BA Classics program
The Swiss saxophonist Raphael Camenisch is to become the new Head of the Bachelor's degree in Classical Music at Bern University of the Arts (HKB).
According to the HKB press release, Andreas Stahl intends to devote more time to teaching composition and leading the theory department and, as a musician, to composing again; Camenisch will take over the role from the fall semester of 2014.
Born in 1975, Raphael Camenisch received important inspiration from Ivan Roth (Basel), Jean-Michel Goury (Paris) and Kyle Horch (London) following his saxophone studies in the classes of Marcus Weiss and Georges Koerper.
In 2006/07, he completed his studies in cultural studies at the University of Lucerne. Camenisch has taught saxophone, chamber music, sight-reading and transposition at various Swiss universities and has also given master classes in Buenos Aires, Tatui (Brazil), Boston (USA) and Katowice (Poland).
