Gerszt takes over profile management at the ZHdK
Daniella Gerszt has been appointed Head of the Composition, Music Theory, Sound Design and Tonmeister profile at Zurich University of the Arts.
She will take up the new position on August 1, 2026, succeeding Felix Baumann, who will hand over the profile management at the end of the spring semester. He has been closely associated with the ZHdK for over 30 years and will retire in July 2026. With Daniella Gerszt, the Department of Music has gained an experienced specialist with proven expertise, particularly in music theory, writes the ZHdK.
Daniella Gerszt comes from Chur and studied piano and music theory at the Lucerne School of Music. Further piano studies took her to the Royal Academy of Music in London. She was a lecturer in music theory at the State University of Music Trossingen (Germany) and has been a lecturer in music theory at the Lucerne School of Music since 2011, where she has been study coordinator for Composition, Music Theory, Music Research, Artistic Research and Music and Digital Creation since 2020. She has been teaching music theory / aural training at Zurich University of the Arts since 2013 and is now taking over the management of the profile.
