PHILIP A. DRAGANOV

Prof. Philip A. Draganov was appointed by the ZHdK as the only professor with a permanent position for the PreCollege Music/Violin.

For more than 20 years, Draganov has been one of the most successful pre-college teachers in Switzerland and Europe.

In his PreCollege class at the ZHdK, students gather who are preparing to enter a music college.

Talented young people from all over Switzerland, but also from Germany and Austria, who give concerts regularly and are also successful in national and international competitions, are trained here.

These young and motivated talents will find a community of like-minded people here who, in addition to general school, make their musical education a central part of their lives.

Students who attend the Rämibühl Art and Sports High School can also become part of Philip A. Draganov's PreCollege class.

• Weekly private lessons of 90 minutes (16 lessons per semester)

• Internal class lessons and studio classes

• Numerous performance opportunities and public concerts

• Piano as a minor instrument

• Chamber music on request

• Theory lessons as preparation for the entrance exam for the bachelor's degree at the university

• Participation in interesting orchestra projects in a university orchestra, the «Sinfonietta ZHdK».

• Various optional courses

Draganov himself was a pre-college student at a music university at the age of 13. At that time he was studying at the Julius Stern Institute of the Hochschule der Künste (today: University of the Arts) in Berlin. He then studied at the pre-college of the renowned Juilliard School in New York and knows that professional training begins at pre-college.

The training to become a professional musician lasts around 20 years (approximately from the age of 5 to 25) and is divided into three sections:

- for beginners

- preparation for studies for the university

- university studies.

Since, unlike in almost all other professions, around 2/3 of the training period is already over after the end of High School and the beginning of university studies, Philip A. Draganov attaches great importance to the second phase, the preparation for studies.

Training at the PreCollege helps the young musicians to be internationally competitive, initially in the entrance examination for the university directly after the PreCollege, and then also in the long term.

To make the last step into a music college easier, the ZHdK offers the PreCollege Music, a unique and optimal preparation for the high requirements of a bachelor's entrance examination. The PreCollege Music consists of a wide range of optional and compulsory modules in practice, theory and general music education and raises awareness for later studies and the professional realities of tomorrow.

The PreCollege Music, as part of a renowned music university, represents a comprehensive and targeted preparation for all study options of a bachelor's degree and allows formative encounters with students and professors as well as with courses, productions, requirements and working methods of a study in music. The PreCollege Music connects, inspires and motivates young people with a career in music.

More information to be found on:
https://www.zhdk.ch/en/preparatorytraining/precollegemusic