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Master of Music -
String Instruments

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The Cologne University of Music and Dance offers in the field of instrument the advanced education in Master's programs. The following instruments are offered under the Master of Music String Instruments:

  • Double Bass
  • Viola
  • Violin
  • Violoncello

If you have any questions about the program, please contact the appropriate contact person(s).

Basic information

Degree Master of Music
Period of study 4 Semester
Course begin Wintersemester
ECTS points 120 Credits
Major subjects Historische Streichinstrumente, Kontrabass, Viola, Violine, Violoncello
Continuing study options Master of Music Historical instruments & baroque singin, Concert exam
Impressions from the study program
Unterrichtssituation Violine mit Professor und einer Studierenden.
Zwei Personen spielen auf zwei Violinen
Zwei Studierende spielen Violoncello und Violine von einem Tablet.
Ein Studierender spielt vor einem Notenpult Violine.

Applications are submitted online via the muvac platform. All information on the procedure can be found on our application page.

Admission requirement

  • Proof of successful completion of a four-year Bachelor's degree with the artistic main subject for which the application for this Master's program is being made.
  • Students who did not obtain their degree at a German-speaking institution must prove that they have sufficient German language skills (min. level A2 according to the European Framework of Reference).
  • Successfully passed aptitude test

Qualifying examination

The aptitude test consists of an artistic-practical examination in the main subject. For detailed information, please refer to the aptitude test regulations.

The Master of Music String Instruments program is divided into the following modules:

  1. Core module
  2. Artistic-practical context
  3. Elective module
  4. Master thesis/project

In the first two modules, the program focuses exclusively on deepening skills in the solo instrument. In the elective module there is the possibility to complement the profile from that of the university. The program is completed by the master's thesis/project.

Fachdidaktik Cello

  • Bruno Ventocilla – Wuppertal

Fachdidaktik Violine und Viola

  • Agnes Bickelhaupt – Wuppertal

Fachdidaktik Violine/Viola

  • Miriam Schönewolf – Köln

Kammermusik Streicher

  • Prof. David Bryson Quiggle – Köln

Kontrabass

  • Uli Jochen Schneider – Wuppertal
  • Prof. Veit-Peter Schüßler – Köln
  • Robert Grondzel – Köln
  • Prof. Detmar Kurig – Aachen

Kontrabass, Kammermusik, Orchesterliteratur

  • Hyun Joo Oh – Köln

Korrepetition Kontrabass, Holzbläser

  • Keiko Nakayama – Aachen

Korrepetition Kontrabass, Violoncello

  • Sunhee Kim-Nußbeck – Köln

Korrepetition Streicher

  • Bernd Puschmann – Köln

Korrepetition und Unterrichtsbegleitung für Streicher

  • Meri Tschabaschvili – Köln

Korrepetition Violine

  • Alison Lander-Büscher – Köln
  • Katja Milic – Aachen

Korrepetition Violine, Violoncello

  • Kira Ratner – Köln

Korrepetition Violoncello

  • Hyun-Jung Kim-Schweiker – Aachen

Viola

  • Prof. Matthias Buchholz – Köln
  • Prof. Werner Dickel, Mitglied Standortdirektorium, Standort Wuppertal – Wuppertal
  • Gerhard Dierig – Köln
  • Prof. Alexander Zemtsov – Köln
  • Volodymyr Mykytka – Aachen

Viola da Gamba/Barockvioloncello

  • Prof. Robert Smith – Köln

Violine

  • Prof. Mikhail Ovrutsky – Köln
  • Hellen Weiß – Wuppertal
  • Sonja Wiedebusch – Köln
  • Riccardo Caraceni – Köln
  • Andria Chang – Köln
  • Prof. Ye-Eun Choi – Köln
  • Prof. Ariadne Daskalakis, Vice Rector – Köln
  • Prof. Michael Foyle – Wuppertal
  • Sebastian Gottschick – Köln
  • Prof. Annette von Hehn – Wuppertal
  • Prof. Susanna Yoko Henkel – Köln
  • Gudrun Höbold – Köln
  • Susanne Imhof – Wuppertal
  • Prof. Torsten Janicke – Köln
  • Jalusha Kapoor – Köln
  • Rose Kaufmann – Köln
  • Prof. Skerdjano Keraj, Vice Dean Department 2 – Aachen
  • Seo Won Kim – Köln
  • Ye Gyeong Lim – Aachen
  • Prof. Mihaela Martin-Helmerson – Köln
  • Prof. Nadja Nevolovitsch – Aachen

Violine Pre-College Cologne

  • Prof. Ute Hasenauer, Vice Dean Department 2 – Köln
  • Prof. Nadja Nevolovitsch – Aachen

Violoncello

  • Laurentiu Sbarcea – Aachen
  • Prof. Gabriel Schwabe, Vice Dean Department 2 – Wuppertal
  • Prof. Hans-Christian Schweiker – Aachen
  • Zuzanna Sosnowska – Köln
  • Grigory Alumyan – Köln
  • Prof. Christian Brunnert – Köln
  • Prof. Thomas Carroll – Köln
  • Jeanette Gier-Monger – Köln
  • Prof. Johannes Paul Maximilian Moser – Köln

Violoncello Pre-College Cologne

  • Prof. Gabriel Schwabe, Vice Dean Department 2 – Wuppertal
  • Prof. Johannes Paul Maximilian Moser – Köln

Documents & downloads

Further downloads can be found on our central download page .

Current events

Cellonachmittag
17:00
Kammermusiksaal Köln
Cellonachmittag
Ein Finger zeigt auf einen Notenständer mit Noten.
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