
He has been working in theatre and broadcasting but first and foremost a conductor of choirs and orchestras. He believes that every person has musical intuition and creativity and that every music rehearsal should be fun.



She studied Music at the Music high school “Lemmens institute” in Leuven (Belgium). Now she is a teacher at the B.V.M.Ascension Institute and the Municipal Art Academy.



He is the former director of Joybells, Europe’s oldest gospel choir. In 2004 he founded Praise Unit, whose urban and contemporary sound has inspired both American gospel artists and community choirs in Europe.



He conducts the St. Olaf Choir and is professor of music at St. Olaf College (Minnesota, USA). He is widely recognized for his work in the area of youth and children’s choral music and he was honored to conduct the World Youth Choir in the summer of 2001.



He strongly promotes choral singing for young people. He conducts the children’s choir Leioa Kantika Korala, two youth choirs and Vocalia Taldea, which has been internationally recognized.



She has won the Eric Ericson Award and is the artistic director of the Slovenian Chamber Choir. She conducts several choirs at home and abroad and she is often invited as a member of a jury at important choral competitions and to give lectures on choral conducting.



Choral and orchestral conductor, he is the artistic director of the Ars Cantica Choir & Consort, the Chamber Choir of the Conservatory A. Vivaldi in Alessandria and the Choral Academy of Milan.



She is the head of the choral conducting division, artistic director of the students’ choir, teacher of choral conducting in Belarussian State Academy of Music. She is the founder and conductor of chamber choir Cantemus.



He is one of the most innovative and interesting batons of the new Italian school and he’s present in all the major Italian festivals. He founded the ensemble Voxonus and directed, among others, the World Youth Choir and the Italian Youth Choir.



He is artistic director of the Zürcher Sing-Akademie in Zürich. He was for many years conductor of Clare College Choir, Cambridge, and is renowned for his many workshops with amateur choirs and singers.



She is a violinist, singer, choir and orchestra conductor. She founded Chorikos ensemble and Vokalwerk Berlin. Since 2011 she has been the conductor of Neuer Chor Berlin.



He is a conductor, composer, musical arranger but most of all a tireless promoter of choral music in all its imaginable infinite forms. This has always been his greatest passion.



She is the conductor of Cor Infantil Sant Cugat and the female choir Voxalba. She has deepened her musical knowledge and conducting techniques with children’s choirs, a field on which she’s been invited to hold courses and seminaries all over the world.



It is one of the most internationally accredited madrigalian groups which was recently founded by Rossana Bertini, Giuseppe Maletto and Daniele Carnovich, singers who have been working together for over 20 years.



He is a singer, organist, conductor and musicologist. Since 1998 he has been conducting the vocal ensemble Odhecaton, with whom he holds concerts and produces recordings. In 2010 he received the diapason d’or prize for the CD Missa Papae Marcelli by Palestrina.



She is the conductor of the choir Coenobium Vocale, a male group that received prizes and awards in national and international competitions on folk songs, Gregorian and polyphony..



Choir conductor and composer, he carries out an intense artistic activity conducting concerts, teaching and composing new commissioned works. He has won several prizes in national and international contests.



He is a dynamic choral conductor, especially known for his work with the award-winning male choir Cantabile Limburg and the female choir Carpe Diem. He serves as a juror for numerous international choral competitions.



He is a very active teacher in Europe. He works as a studio drummer and teaches in academies and music universities. He also writes educational books and he runs many musical projects.



He is choral and orchestral conductor and he taught at the Conservatoires of Milano and Trieste. After his theatrical experience in Genova and Trieste, he’s currently the director of the Teatro Comunale Choir in Bologna.



He has professional experience in choral art as a performer and conductor. A laureate of various awards for excellence of his choirs, he has been conductor of El León de Oro since it was founded in 1996.



He won the Deutscher Dirigentenpreis in February 2009, which represents the highest award of any conductor competition in Europe. He is in great demand internationally and he is frequently invited to conduct prestigious orchestras.



He has founded and conducts the Ensemble Orlando Fribourg and he is the musical director of the Symphony Orchestra of Thun and of the Chamber Orchestra of Fribourg. He has conducted numerous operas in Switzerland and France.



He is a classical and pop singer and teaches voice at IMEP (the Namur Music College), performs as a soloist, conducts La Choraline, La Monnaie/De Munt Brussels Youth Choir, composes and performs with the pop a cappella group Witloof Bay.



He is a choir and orchestra conductor, as well as a music pedagogue. He conducts the Jugendchor Zürich at the Conservatory of Zurich and he is the director of the music schools Zollikon and Zumikon. His abilities to guide people of all ages to the richness and the value of music has led him to be regularly in demand as a guest conductor in international festivals like the Europa Cantat Festival and Zimriya in Jerusalem.



Born in the USA, is choral conductor at St. Jacob’s Church in Stockholm and high in demand as a conductor, teacher and adjudicator throughout the world. He’s specialized in contemporary repertoire and works with vocal and instrumental improvisation too.



She serves as Minister of Worship at The Park Church Beatties Ford Road in Charlotte (North Carolina). She is a called and anointed gospel musician and she is continually seeking knowledge to equip her to better serve God.



She is a dynamic and talented young conductor. She won the first prize at the International Competition for Young Choral Conductors in Budapest (2008). She is 2nd Kapellmeister of the Theatre and Orchestra in Heidelberg.



She was atelier leader during the Youth Chamber Choir Meeting in Usedom 2010 and Europa Cantat junior 2011. She sings in the choir Britten conducted by N. Corti and she is the artistic director of Epsilon vocal ensemble.



He is the leader of the Via Nova Chor Munich and of the Danish Radio Choir. He is very often invited to conduct renowned choirs and orchestras in the whole Europe and he has a wide range of repertoire in choral music.



During his education at the Conservatory of Enschede in The Netherlands, he already was conducting several choirs. At first classical music exclusively, but for almost seven years now he has dedicated himself to the vocal pop and jazz.



He is an enthusiastic and dedicated conductor and music teacher who founded the world famous girls’ choir Adolf Fredriks Flickkör in 1971. He is often invited as guest conductor, speaker and panel judge.



He is a young conductor who has worked with, among others, the successful Kaamos Chamber Choir and the Lahti Opera Chorus. In 2009 he won the first prize at the International Competition for Young Choral Conductors in Ljubljana.



He has a varied career as a director, performer and educator. As associate and assistant director, he has worked with renowned companies and directors at home and abroad. He was a member of the Swingle Singers and Synergy Vocals.



He conducts the Vokalna Akademija of Lijubljiana, that won the European Grand Prix (2010). He as also directed APZ Tone Tomšič, the Chamber Choir of the Slovenian Radio TV, the Slovenian Youth Choir and the Italian Youth Choir.



Conductor of Voces Nordicae, she has been teaching workshops and conducting courses in Europe and the USA and working with ensembles such as the Swedish Radio Choir, the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir and the Estonian National Male Choir.



He is recognized for his work with vocal jazz groups. He has been conducting workshops in many countries and he was the artistic manager of the Europa Cantat Festival 2009 in Utrecht (The Netherlands).



As a guest conductor, he has led choirs in Argentina, Europe and the USA. In 2007 he participated as director of the Ethnic South American Music Workshop in the América Cantat Festival V.



He is one of the leading young Catalan conductors who works regularly with some of the most important choirs and orchestras of his country. He has recorded for the Austrian, South African, Spanish and Catalan radio.



He is the founder (1986) and artistic director of the School of Music and Choir of the Piccoli Musici. He specializes in children’s choirs and has been awarded best director in national and international contests.



He is a composer and an active choral specialist. He sings professionally with the Vancouver Chamber Choir, directs the Jubilate! Chamber Choir and owns Cypress Choral Music Publishing, which promotes Canadian composers.



He is a conductor, composer, arranger and singer. He is director of Junior Royal Academy of Music and, as co-director of London Voices, he has also worked on the soundtracks of many films. He was musical director and singer with The Swingle Singers.



Founder of the Choir Mikrokosmos but also composer, scenographer and producer, has devoted himself to the intersection between choral art and disciplines far away from the strictly vocal field, such as videos, hip-hop dance and cinema.



He is the conductor of Vokal Nord and Mimas Chamber Choir. In 2008/10 he conducted the Norwegian National Youth Choir and in 2010 the World Youth Choir. He won numerous first prizes including several awards for best conductor.



It is a groundbreaking vocal group with its base in Sweden. Using the voices as their sole instrument they have created a unique musical expression in a field in between jazz, pop and Nordic European choir music.



He has been one of the best-known beatboxers for many years. World Vice-champion in 2005, he performs worldwide and he is also a member of the Belgian pop a cappella group Witloof Bay.



He is a conductor, music pedagogue and violinist. He conducts the female vocal ensemble Voices II and the international award-winning male choir Männerstimmen Basel.



He performs concerts all over Europe as a director and soloist. He’s the protagonist of the rebirth of Vivaldi musical theatre and the manager of the Vivaldi Werkverzeichnis (RV).



He is a producer, educator, conductor, prize-winner in world choir contests. He is president of the Estonian Choral Association, artistic director of Estonian TV Girls’ Choir and Estonian Song Celebration. He leads workshops in Europe, Asia and America.



Pier Paolo Scattolin was born in Bologna; he is a composer and he works as choir and orchestra conductor. He has completed musical studies with Manzoni, Clementi, Grandi, Ferrara, Bellini e gelmetti. He has been headmaster of the School of music in Mantua from 1986 till 1997.



Theologian and musician, he studied Gregorian Chant in Cremona, Roma, and München. Schweitzer teaches Gregorian Chant in many European and Asian Institutions and he is professor of ancient music in Lugano Music University.



She has experience on both great classical and smaller stages. She has travelled the world with the male choir Svanholm Singers with which she has recorded five CDs and received lots of prizes and awards.



She teaches conducting at the Norwegian Academy of Music and the University of Oslo. She has received a number of awards for her conducting and led a number of choirs to victory in international competitions.



He conducts the Estonian National Opera Boys’ Choir and the Revalia Chamber Male Choir. Specialized in conducting male choirs, he has taken part in numerous competitions and he was nominated Estonian Conductor of the Year in 2003.



He is the artistic director of the Latvian youth choir Balsis. Recognized for his interpretation of Baltic repertoire, he is in great demand as a choral workshop clinician, guest conductor and adjudicator.



She has given workshops both in Hungary and abroad (Europe, America and Australia) including at Europa Cantat Junior 4 in Vic, Spain. Since 1985 she has been the conductor of the Hungarian Radio Children’s Choir.



She performed for many years on the professional stage in musicals. She taught musical theatre at the Theatre School in Amsterdam and she coached, directed and taught children choreography in many musical productions.



Is singer and conductor and teacher for conducting, chamber music and atelier early music at the Lemmensinstitute of Leuven, Belgium. He is also conductor of the ensemble Currende with whom he recorded about 40 CDs with 16th, 17th or 18th century music.



She is specialized in children’s and young adults’ singing and performing and gives workshops in conducting and voice-training. She is producer and conductor for classical choirprojects and outdoor theatre productions.



It is an international young British a cappella octet performing a repertoire ranging from early polyphony to unique jazz and popular arrangements. Their work extends to workshops with the aim of inspiring creativity through music.






Festival Europa Cantat XVIII Torino 2012 © - un progetto di European Choral Association - Europa Cantat in collaborazione con FENIARCO Federazione Nazionale Italiana Associazioni Regionali Corali
Where can you listen to a choral concert in Torino? Everywhere!







