Konsibern continues to receive support from the city
The Municipal Council, the executive body of the City of Bern, has approved the service agreement with the Bern Conservatory Foundation for the year 2024.
The prerequisite for supporting the Bern Conservatory of Music (Konsibern) is that the voters of the City of Bern approve the 2024 budget on November 19, 2023. The budget also includes the funds for Konsibern. The music school's services are to be paid for with a sum of around four million francs for 2024. This includes additional costs of 166,504 francs, which are due to an increase in the number of lessons, an increase in teachers' salaries and higher rental costs.
The music school was founded in 1858 by the Bernese Music Society BMG. With the founding of the Bern University of the Arts HKB in 2000, the general music school department of the former conservatory was transformed into an independent institution and the Bern Conservatory Music School Foundation was established as a competence center for amateur music-making.
