About us

Research has always been a key element of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis since it was explicitly founded as an “Institute for Teaching and Research in the Field of Early Music” in 1933.

Today the Research Department consists of permanent staff members, supported by colleagues from the teaching staff, and of research fellows of the projects. An important aim is to connect our research with current issues related to historical performance practice and thus to inform teaching at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis as well as to interact with the international community of musicology. These efforts are documented by numerous research projects and cooperations and are also aided by the scientific advisory board of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.

Cristina Cassia

Cristina Cassia


Forschungsteam «Polifonia Sforzesca»

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Cristina Cassia graduated in Classical Literature from the University of Milan (2002) and in Musicology from the University of Pavia/Cremona (2011), having earned in the meantime her diplomas in piano and organ from the conservatories of Mantua and Venice. After joining the musicological team “Ricercar”, at the Centre d’Études Supérieures de la Renaissance (CESR) in Tours (2010-2013), she obtained a Ph.D. scholarship from the Belgian “Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique” (FNRS) and she earned a Ph.D. in Musicology in co-tutorship between the CESR and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). Since January 2018 she has been part of the research team “Polifonia Sforzesca” at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.

Research project

Supported by the Maja Sacher Foundation