Erasmus Program

The Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana is part of a consortium of schools in Europe belonging to the Erasmus program. In part, students attending Erasmus member schools can spend a semester studying at a partner school for no additional tuition. In 2008-09 a CSI horn student went to Leipzig's Hochschule for Music and Theater to study with Thomas Hauschild and and another went to Helsinki. This year one horn student will study with Frank Lloyd in Essen and another is off to Trinity College in London.

However, the best feature of Erasmus could be that teachers may also go

  on one-week exchanges. Students in exchange

  schools benefit from a visit by David Johnson and

  students at CSI receive lessons with a series of

  guest artists.

  Listed are the Erasmus exchanges that have already

  happened or are planned for 2009-10:

  2005.........David Johnson to Leipzig Hochschule for

  Music and Theater

  2006.........Thomas Hauschild from Leipzig to CSI

  2008.........David Johnson to Helsinki Sibelius Academy

  2009.........Erja Joukamo-Ampuja from Helsinki to CSI

  2009.........David Johnson to Norwegian Academy of Music,

  Oslo, Norway and to Prague Conservatory

  2009........Jindrich Petras from Janacek Academy,

  Brno, Czech Republic to CSI

  2010..........Froydis Ree Wekre from Oslo to CSI

  Zdenek Divoky from Prague to CSI

  2010.........David Johnson to Brno, Janacek Academy