Collegium Novum Zurich expands artistic direction
Andri Hardmeier will join the artistic direction of the Collegium Novum Zürich (CNZ) for the next two seasons from August 2024.
Hardmeier will fulfill this role together with Matthias Arter, the ensemble's oboist. Matthias Arter has been responsible for the artistic direction since the end of 2020, until summer 2022 together with Susanne Peters.
Andri Hardmeier headed the music department of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia from 2011 to 2022. Since 2004, he has worked as a concert and opera dramaturge at various leading theatres and festivals, including the Theater Freiburg, the Hanover State Opera, the Ruhrtriennale and the Salzburg and Bayreuth Festivals.
He holds a Master's degree in Theoretical Physics and a Master of Advanced Studies in Cultural Management. Last year, he worked in an advisory capacity on an analysis of the CNZ by the consulting firm Metrum GmbH and thus got to know the CNZ better.
