Höppner on the advisory board of the Fondation Hindemith
The Board of Trustees of the Fondation Hindemith has appointed Christian Höppner, Secretary General of the German Music Council, to the Board of Trustees. The Fondation Hindemith, based in Blonay, Switzerland, is dedicated to preserving and disseminating the cultural legacy of the composer Paul Hindemith.
According to Andreas Eckhardt, President of the Board of Trustees of the Hindemith Foundation, Höppner not only has "significant cultural-political expertise, but also a close connection to music-making and teaching practice as a university lecturer at the Berlin University of the Arts". Paul Hindemith held a professorship for composition at the predecessor university from 1927 to 1937.
Founded in 1967, the Fondation Hindemith supports or initiates scientific research in the field of music and ensures its dissemination. It is based in Blonay (VD) on Lake Geneva in Switzerland, where the Hindemith couple spent the last years of their lives. Since 1978, it has maintained the Centre de Musique Hindemith Blonay there, which primarily serves musical practice. In 1974, the foundation established the Hindemith Institute Frankfurt, which is dedicated to musicological research and the study of Paul Hindemith's life and work.
