University of Music | Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana

The University of Music: young, dynamic and international

The University School of Music (SUM) offers training programmes to future musicians. It is the professional section of the CSI, recognised since 1988.
Since 2006, it has been affiliated to the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), with integration at the university level, but with full autonomy at the administrative and management level.
It is a highly dynamic department immersed in a familiar environment but with a decidedly cosmopolitan character, attracting high-level professors and students from over 40 countries.

Focused on quality and excellence, it boasts a highly competent and internationally renowned faculty.
According to its legal requirements, the University School of Music pursues four mandates: education, research, continuing education/post-education, and service provision.
The SUM is a member of the Conference of Swiss Universities of Music (CSUM) and the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen (AEC).
In 2023, the SUM had 339 enrolled students (152 female, 187 male) from 34 different nationalities, 142 graduates, and offered 14 study programs, including Bachelors, Master of Arts, and Continuing Education programs (2023 Annual Report).

The study programmes of the University of Music of the Conservatorio have been reviewed according to the MusiQuE standards in 2018. Please find the report here.

Symphony Orchestra of CSI

February 6, 2023 - LAC Sala Teatro

Symphony Orchestra of Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana
Francesco Angelico conducting

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 8 in C minor

Symphony Orchestra of CSI

November 16, 2022 - LAC Sala Teatro

Symphony Orchestra of Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana
John Neschling conducting

Heitor Villa-Lobos
Chôros n°6

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony n°2

Symphony Orchestra of CSI

March 20, 2022 - LAC Sala Teatro

Symphony Orchestra of Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana
Lucia Cirillo mezzosoprano
Diego Fasolis conducting

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ouverture from Don Giovanni KV 527

Ludwig van Beethoven
"Ah! Perfido" op.65 for voice and orchestra
Symphony n°7 in A Major op.92

Symphony Orchestra of CSI

December 2, 2021 - LAC Sala Teatro

Symphony Orchestra of Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana
Christoph König conducting

Richard Strauss
Don Juan op.20

Symphony Orchestra of CSI

December 2, 2021 - LAC Sala Teatro

Symphony Orchestra of Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana
Christoph König conducting

Richard Strauss
Der Rosenkavalier Suite

Symphony Orchestra of CSI

December 2, 2021 - LAC Sala Teatro

Symphony Orchestra of Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana
Christoph König conducting

Antonín Dvořák
Danze Slave op. 46 - estratti

Symphony Orchestra of CSI

July 1, 2021 - Live streaming from LAC Sala Teatro

Symphony Orchestra of Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana
François Benda clarinet soloist and conducting

Carl Maria von Weber
Overture from Der Freischütz
Concertino in Eb Major op.26 for clarinet and orchestra

Franz Schubert
Symphony n°8 in B minor D. 759 "Unfinished"

CSI Chamber Orchestra - 1st part

February 5, 2021 - Live streaming from the Aula Magna of the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana

Lorenzo Ghielmi conducting
Ismaele Gatti organ

Georg Friedrich Händel
Overture from Otto, King of Germany
Concerto in F Major for organ and orchestra op. IV n°4

CSI Chamber Orchestra - 2nd part

February 5, 2021 - Live streaming from the Aula Magna of the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana

Lorenzo Ghielmi conducting
Ismaele Gatti organ

Georg Friedrich Händel
Concerto in G minor for organ and orchestra op. IV n°1

CSI Chamber Orchestra - 3rd part

February 5, 2021 - Live streaming from the Aula Magna of the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana

Lorenzo Ghielmi conducting
Ismaele Gatti organ

Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto grosso in F Major op. VI n°9

CSI Chamber Orchestra - 4th part

February 5, 2021 - Live streaming from the Aula Magna of the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana

Lorenzo Ghielmi conducting
Ismaele Gatti organ

William Boyce
Symphony in B-flat Major op. 2 n°1

L'orchestra da camera

December 7, 2020
Double concert in live streaming from the LAC Sala Teatro

Alfredo Bernardini and Francesco Bossaglia conducting
Giada Marsadri godmother for the evening
Fabrizio Rosso direction

35° Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana

September 24, 2020 - LAC Sala Teatro

Symphony Orchestra of Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana
Christoph König conducting
Alessio Allegrini horn

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Ouvertüre in B minor "The Hebrides" op.26

A co-production Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana and Zürcher Hochschule der Künste

February 14, 2020 - LAC Sala Teatro

Marc Kissóczy conducting

Dmitrij Šostakovič
Symphony n°7 in C Major op.60 Leningrad
I Allegretto

A co-production Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana and Zürcher Hochschule der Künste

February 14, 2020 - LAC Sala Teatro

Marc Kissóczy conducting

Dmitrij Šostakovič
Symphony n°7 in C Major op.60 Leningrad
II Moderato (poco allegretto)

A co-production Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana and Zürcher Hochschule der Künste

February 14, 2020 - LAC Sala Teatro

Marc Kissóczy conducting

Dmitrij Šostakovič
Symphony n°7 in C Major op.60 Leningrad
III Adagio
IV Allegro non troppo

Symphony Orchestra of CSI

February 7, 2019 - LAC Sala Teatro
2nd part

Alessandro Moccia concertmaster

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony n°3 in E♭ major op.55 "Heroic Symphony"

Symphony Orchestra of CSI

September 23, 2018 - LAC Sala Teatro
1st part

Vladimir Verbitsky conducting
Giacomo Cardelli cello

Antonín Dvorák
Cello Concerto in B minor op.104

Symphony Orchestra of CSI

September 23, 2018 - LAC Sala Teatro
2nd part

Vladimir Verbitsky conducting

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Manfred Symphony in B minor op.58

Symphony Orchestra of CSI

February 12, 2018 - LAC Sala Teatro
2nd part

Giovanni Antonini conducting

Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony n°103 “The Drumroll"

Symphony Orchestra of CSI

February 12, 2018 - LAC Sala Teatro
1st part

Giovanni Antonini conducting
Klaidi Sahatçi violin
Mathilda Longué cello
Anna Strbová oboe
Miguel Ángel Pérez Diego bassoon

Franz Joseph Haydn
Ouverture from "L'isola disabitata"
Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major

Symphony Orchestra of CSI
30th anniversary

September 29, 2015 - LAC Sala Teatro

Tomás Netopil conducting

Gustav Mahler
Symphony n°5