Master’s degree · MA
Master of Arts (MA) Specialized Music Performance Classical
Bern Academy of the Arts (HKB), Bern University of Applied Sciences · HKB Music · Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Official award
- Master of Arts (MA)MA
- Subject
- Music PerformanceConducting (concentration)
- Format
- On campus4 semesters
- Tuition
- CHF 850per semester, Fees as per 2026/27
About this program
Four-semester specialised classical performance master with specialisations such as chamber music, soloist, contemporary music, music in context and research.
- Department
- HKB Music
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
The award is shown exactly as the institution titles it. A program belongs to a subject only through the link below: a dedicated degree, a named major, a formal concentration or a documented pathway.
- Official award
- Master of Arts (MA)MA
- Award family
- MAA Master of Arts. It is not relabelled as a Master of Music.
- Qualification level
- Master’s degree
- Qualification standing
- Academic qualificationA degree, or a certificate or diploma awarded by a degree-awarding institution within a national qualifications framework.
- Orientation
- Orientation not published
- Previous degree required
- Yes
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Music Performance | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. | |
| Conducting | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | Conducting brass musicHow students choose it is not published“chamber music / conducting brass music / contemporary music / music in context / research / soloist”Source |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
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No program-level accreditation or validation record has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Full-time
- Duration
- 4 semesters
- Intakes
- September 2027Fixed academic intake
- Campus
- HKB Bern
Teaching language
- Taught in
- German, French, English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Audition
- Audition required
- Audition details
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Portfolio details
- Interview
- Not published
- Deadlines
- Application deadline 15 March 2027 · September 2027
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition fees (per semester)Tuition · mandatory | CHF 850per semester, Fees as per 2026/27 | All students | 25 October 2026Source |
| Tuition fee for international students whose stay is for study purposes (payment in instalments available)Tuition · mandatory | CHF 2,550per semester, Fees as per 2026/27 | stay for study purposes at the start of studies at BFH | 25 October 2026Source |
| Application and aptitude assessment (per application)Application fee · mandatory | CHF 250one-time, Fees as per 2026/27 | All students | 25 October 2026Source |
No total is shown: the sources do not state a whole-program figure and the published duration and fee basis do not support a calculation.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: accreditation or validation record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 25 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 25 October 2026)