The Master’s degree in Specialized Music Performance corresponds to the highest educational qualification level in classical music and opera. The course provides intensely individualised training to help students with above average talent reach the top international level.

To this end, the course engages with the entire stylistic range of music and musical theatre. Close cooperation with orchestras and theatres ensures proximity to artistic practice. Students regularly have opportunities to perform and prepare for careers as soloists on the national and international stage.

The Master in Specialized Music Performance is the highest degree that can be earned in music. It enables graduates to pursue soloist careers and prepares them to work as artists on national and international stages as well as in the opera. The Biel Opera Studio is the Swiss competency centre for opera training at the SMP level (Specialized Music Performance) and cooperates as such with the music departments at other universities in Switzerland.