Teaching German and Sun in Basel
From 2022, singer and performer Sarah Maria Sun and electric guitarist Yaron Deutsch will be teaching contemporary music at the FHNW School of Music Basel, taking over from Jürg Henneberger.
Sun and Deutsch teach in the Master of Arts in Specialized Performance, Contemporary Music, and the newly structured Master of Arts in Specialized Performance, Open Creation. Sun starts in February, Deutsch in September.
Sarah Maria Sun is one of the most outstanding personalities on the contemporary music scene. Her repertoire includes more than 1000 works from the 16th to the 21st century, including 350 world premieres. She is a regular guest at renowned festivals, opera houses and concert halls around the world. This summer, for example, she took on the leading role in Luigi Nono's Intolleranza 1960 at the Salzburg Festival. For her portrayal of complex female characters such as the double character Elsa/Lohengrin in Salavatore Sciarrino's monodrama Lohengrin (2017) or Gwen in Philip Venables' 4.48 Psychosis 4.48 (2019), she was nominated as Singer of the Year.
Born in Tel Aviv in 1978, Deutsch is particularly known for his work in the field of contemporary music. He is the founder and artistic director of the Nikel Quartet and a frequent guest performer with the best-known European ensembles and orchestras in the field of contemporary music. He plays regularly with the ensembles Klangforum Wien and Musikfabrik.
