Team of three takes over management of the Basel Jazz Institute
Michael Beck, Sarah Chaksad and Patrik Zosso will be the co-directors of the Jazz Institute at the Basel University of Music from September 2025.
The form of co-management "ideally corresponds to today's management requirements and expectations as well as the culture of cooperation in the field of jazz". The co-management team brings "a wealth of experience within structures in education and culture with its diverse skills in artistic, pedagogical and organizational matters", writes the university.
Michael Beck, internationally active pianist and composer, lecturer in piano and theory at the FHNW Jazz Institute with broad pedagogical experience, curator of event series with many years of cultural-political commitment, Sarah Chaksad saxophonist, bandleader and composer with international concert activities is responsible for educational programs, founder of a label and a concert agency. Drummer Patrik Zosso is an internationally active producer and sound engineer, head of a studio and label, professor of jazz producing and head of the Producing/Performance course at the FHNW Jazz Institute.
