ZHdK with new head of church music profile
The Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) has appointed Tobias Willi to the position of Head of Church Music. He will take up the position at the beginning of August 2020, succeeding Beat Schäfer.
Tobias Willi studied piano and organ at the Hochschule für Musik Basel, as well as organ at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. Since 2010 he has been an organ teacher at the ZHdK in the Department of Music and in continuing education.
Tobias Willi has been working as a church musician for a long time and has been the principal organist at St. John's Church in Zurich since 2015. Thanks to his concert activities, numerous courses and projects in the field of church music and organ, he is very well connected both locally and internationally, according to the ZHdK press release.