Valentin Gloor takes over the management in Lucerne

According to a press release from the Lucerne School of Music, Valentin Gloor studied solo singing at the Winterthur-Zurich University of Music and at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (Austria), where he graduated with distinction in Artistic Research in 2013. He was a research fellow and associate researcher at the Orpheus Instituut Gent (Belgium) and later worked as a freelancer. Already during his education, Gloor acquired in-depth knowledge of the Swiss educational landscape as President of the Professional Training Commission of the "Swiss Music Pedagogical Association SMPV" and Head of the "Swiss Academy of Music and Music Pedagogy Foundation" in management positions. He then successively expanded his management skills: first as founding rector of the Department of Music and later as a member of the Board of the Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences Switzerland and, from 2014, as Director of the Winterthur Conservatory. He also gained experience in political contexts as a board member of the Association of Zurich Music Schools and the Association of Swiss Music Schools (music education department and vice-presidency).

He has also worked as a private teacher and lecturer at music schools and cantonal schools, as a guest lecturer at universities in Brazil, as a freelance singer in Switzerland and abroad and as a choirmaster.