Nils Pfeffer and Anna Krimm to teach in Zurich from fall
At Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), students will be able to major in lute instruments with Niels Pfeffer and viola with Anna Krimm from the fall semester of 2025.
Niels Pfeffer studied basso continuo, harpsichord, guitar and lute in Stuttgart, Freiburg, The Hague and Basel. He was supported by a German scholarship and an Excellence Scholarship and his master's thesis was awarded prizes. He teaches theorbo, harpsichord and lute at various music academies and is pursuing his dissertation project at the Institute of Musicology at the University of Tübingen. He is in demand as a chamber music partner with his instruments. Numerous recordings and competitions document his work as a continuo player. Pfeffer has made television and radio recordings and has given concerts and master classes in Europe, Lebanon, Armenia and Mexico.
Anna Krimm studied viola at the music academies in Karlsruhe and Berlin (UdK, HfM Hanns Eisler) and baroque viola in Weimar. She is a lecturer for viola at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt am Main, deputy solo violist in the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn and a member of the formation Spira mirabilis. She works as a guest with renowned ensembles, including the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Stockholm Radio Symphony Orchestra, the RSB, WDR and SWR orchestras, the Ensemble Resonanz and the Kammerakademie Potsdam.
Prospective students can register for the entrance examination at the ZHdK Music until March 1, 2025: https://www.zhdk.ch/studium/musik/ap-musik
Late registrations are possible until March 10 to: monika.baer@zhdk.ch
