Lewon succeeds Young in Basel
The musician and musicologist Marc Lewon will take up the professorship for medieval and early modern lute instruments at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis on September 1, 2017. He succeeds Crawford Young in this position.
Born in Frankfurt, Marc Lewon specializes in medieval and Renaissance music and is an expert in the field of early music. He studied lute with Crawford Young with a minor in voice and fiddle in his postgraduate studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and graduated with distinction. He had previously received his Magister Artium cum laude for his studies in musicology and ancient German studies at the University of Heidelberg.
The medieval department of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis was founded in the early 1970s by Wulf Arlt, then director of the Basel Schola Cantorum, and was initially staffed by members of Thomas Binkley's early music studio. In the 1980s, the central professorships for lute and fiddle were awarded to the musicians who are retiring this year: the lutenist Crawford Young and the fiddle player Randall Cook.
Friends Marc Lewon (lute) and Baptiste Romain (fiddle) were able to assert themselves in the application process. Both play together in their own ensembles and are often asked to play individually or as a team in other ensembles. They both teach master classes and ensemble courses for medieval music.
