Hubert Eiholzer

Head of Research and Development, Divisione Ricerca e Sviluppo

Hubert Eiholzer has played a vital role in the transformation of the Swiss Italian Conservatory of music into a nationally recognized university. Hubert played a key role in developing the profile of research and development within the conservatory, first as secretary of the F & E-Profil der Musikhochschulen established by the Swiss Council for Sciences in 1995 and directed by Thüring Bräm, and then as co-organizer of the First European Conference on "Research Relevant to the Work of Music Academies and Conservatoires" (Lucerne, 1999). In 2000 he co-founded the Coordinating Center for Music Research.

He received his PhD in Philosophy at Oxford University in 1992, together with the Diplôme d'enseignement de piano at the Conservatoire de Fribourg in 1984. He is interested in the development of music research as a deepening of our understanding of the performance, composition and musical perception.

He is a Council Member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires (AEC) since 2007.

Current Projects

Reviews Reviewed

Performance Space

Publications

2011
- Alessandri, E. and Eiholzer, H. "Performance Pleasures for the Audience", in Music and Value Judgement, M. Dogantan-Dack and A. Gritten (eds.) Indiana University Press. (Forthcoming)
2010
- Beccari, L., Cox, J., Eiholzer, H., Messas,L. and Prchal, M. "Developing a ‘Cantus Firmus’ in European quality assurance by building bridges between national contexts and subject-specific European-level initiatives: observations and experiences from the field of music", European University Association, (forthcoming)
- Eiholzer, H. "Ricerca artistica: cosa é?", in M.Zicari(ed) Ricerca e Musica. La ricerca applicata nei conservatori di musica , Varese: Zechini
2009
- Eiholzer, H. "Abstract Musical Works as Objects of Political Interest?", in I. De Gennaro and H.C.Günther (eds) Artists and Intellectuals and the Request of Power, Leiden:Brill