Hilz becomes a member of the management team at the Schola Cantorum
Christian Hilz has been elected as a member of the management of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Following the retirement of Thomas Drescher in September 2022, he will be jointly responsible for the future and further development of the school as part of a new collaborative management team.
As a baritone, Christian Hilz is present in the music centers of Europe and America. He specializes in the late baroque, romantic and lied repertoire of the 19th and 20th centuries.
He studied singing and music theater at the Folkwang University in Essen. Further studies in theater and music management at the LMU Munich, further training and artistic consulting work for various festivals broadened his view of musical life.
He is familiar with the Swiss music academy landscape: as a professor of singing and chamber music, he has taught at Bern University of the Arts and the Swiss Opera Studio since 2009. He has also been artistic director of the Austria Baroque Academy since 2015.
