Service contract with Konsi Bern approved
Bern's municipal council has approved the service agreement with the Bern Conservatory Foundation for the year 2025. However, the budget still needs to be approved.
The prerequisite for the takeover of the service contract is that the voters of the City of Bern approve the 2025 budget on November 24, 2024. This budget also includes the funds for Konsibern. The music school's services are to be compensated with a sum of around CHF 4.3 million for 2025. This includes additional costs of CHF 282,000. These are due to an increase in the number of students, an increase in teachers' salaries and higher rental costs.
The music school was founded in 1858 by the Bernese Music Society BMG. With the founding of the Bern University of the Arts HKB in 2000, the general music school department of the former conservatory was transformed into an independent institution and the Bern Conservatory Music School Foundation was established as a competence center for amateur music-making.
