W3-Professur Klavier (m / w / d)

Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln (Cologne University of Music and Dance) is one of the world\’s leading performing arts schools and one of the largest music institutions for higher education in Europe with campuses in Cologne, Wuppertal, and Aachen. The university\’s character is shaped by its faculty, whose over 580 members include many renowned figures from performance and academia, and by its some 1,550 students from more than 60 countries. The university is also among the largest providers of art and culture in the region, with a wide-ranging calendar of events.

Position

The Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln is looking to fill the position of Professorship Piano (Pay Scale W3) in Department 1 (Composition, Keyboard Instruments, Harmony / Counterpoint, Ear Training, String Instruments, Electronic Composition) at the Cologne Campus starting in the summer semester 2026.

Responsibilities

1. Teaching the artistic main subject piano within all study courses.

Requirements

1. A completed university degree.
2. University teaching experience.
3. Regular presence on campus.
4. Active participation in the committees of academic self-governance and if needed, the completion of administrative and/or management tasks.
5. Active participation in student assessments, the development of study programs and teaching concepts, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
6. The willingness to actively participate in the artistic life of the university, e.g., in performances and competitions.
7. German language proficiency, respectively the willingness to learn the German language within two years.

Employment Conditions

The employment prerequisites are based on Section 29 of the Act on the Universities of Art of North Rhine-Westphalia (Kunst HG NRW). The employment will be within the framework of a private-law employment relationship and will initially be limited to two years.

Equal Opportunity Statement

HfMT Köln is an international and cosmopolitan institution located in the heart of Cologne. It is committed to equal opportunity and the elimination of structural barriers to equality. It welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their gender, nationality, ethnic and social backgrounds, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation, and sexual identity, as well as applications from people of color and those who are immigrants to Germany or whose parents immigrated to Germany.

The university aims to increase the share of female professors and explicitly encourages qualified women to apply. Women will receive preferential consideration in accordance with LGG NRW. Applications from qualified severely handicapped persons and persons regarded as equal in status by the statutory regulations will also receive preferential consideration.

Application Process

Please send your application along with the appropriate documents in PDF form to the President of the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln by 20 / 04 / 2025 via our online application portal only.

Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Bewerbung! We look forward to your application!

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