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.

Ozan Karagöz


Project team “Motet Cycles”


Born in Turkey, Ozan Karagöz studied violin, piano and singing in Izmir and composition, music theory and harpsichord in Istanbul. He studied mediaeval-renaissance singing with Kathleen Dineen and Dominique Vellard as well as ensemble direction with Crawford Young at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, where he also studied early music theory with Johannes Menke and Felix Diergarten. His master thesis was about compositional methods in mensural canons in the late fifteenth century, focusing on Pierre de la Rue and his contemporaries. Currently he is teaching (ad interim) “Historische Satzlehre” for mediaeval-renaissance music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.
As a singer he has performed in various concerts and festivals in Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium and The Netherlands with people and ensembles dedicated to early music performance. He is a founding member of ensemble Rumorum (dir. Grace Newcombe) and is the director of the vocal ensemble Troxalida.

Research project

Supported by the Maja Sacher Foundation