enCHanting LUCERNE
Eurovox 2026
A congress for voice experts
Keynotes
20–22 August 2026
Commitment
The title of our congress, ENCHANTING LUCERNE, refers to the magical effect of the singing voice! However, the art of singing and teaching singing does not involve actual magic, but is something that can be learned, and so in our unique congress we will examine the techniques involved in learning this craft, exploring the resources that are available to us as voice professionals.
The congress is being planned according to clear thematic structures. Instead of masterclasses and a “supermarket” of workshops, there will be efficient teams with explicit objectives in the spirit of the African proverb “on your own you are fast, but together you go further.”
We will celebrate this international congress in August 2026, as a meeting place for discovering a multicultural, colourful, diverse and fascinating vocal Switzerland – multi-layered, with reflection and insight and magic!
Schedule
| Time | 1 – Salquin | 2 – Kosmos | 3 – Knox | 4 – Ensemble 250 | 5 – Ensemble 253 | 6 – Library |
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| 12:00 | Lunch break | |||||
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| 14:00 | Keynote – Shared Teachership
Evi Gallmetzer
Alvaro Schoeck
Cord-Friedrich Berghahn
Edward Rushton
Cornelia Kallisch
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| 15:30 | Coffee break | |||||
| 16:00 | Interdisciplinary Masterclass
Alvaro Schoeck
Cord-Friedrich Berghahn
Edward Rushton
Cornelia Kallisch
| exchange forums
Evi Gallmetzer
| Journal for Students
Jessica Pawlitzki
| Mouth Position in Belting
Jasmin Schmid
| Transformative Pedagogic Concepts
Kenneth Bozeman
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| 16:30 | Three Voices, One Vision
Sarah Holman
Sandra Oberoi
Ellen Pieterse
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| 17:00 | What is Crossover
Jennie Such
| Neuro 101
Kimberly Moller
| expanding professionalism
Katri A. Keskinen
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| 18:00 | Dinner | |||||
| 19:00 | Concert
The High Horse
Fatou-Ella Mangassouba
Thaddäus Lange
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| Time | 1 – Salquin | 2 – Kosmos | 3 – Knox | 4 – Ensemble 250 | 5 – Ensemble 253 | 6 – Library |
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| 08:30 | Come and sing together
Bo Rosenkull
| Chi Gong
Mariette Witteveen
| May the Ease Be With You
Elizabeth Blades
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| 09:30 | coffee break | |||||
| 10:00 | Keynote – Holistic approaches
Veronika Jana Lubert
Zita Zimmermann
Rabih Lahoud
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| 11:30 | ||||||
| 12:00 | Enchanting your audience
Sarah Mann & Ella Luhtasaari
| From Stagefright to joy
Zita Zimmermann
| Sing, Play and Flow
Rabih Lahoud
| Microphone Technique
Sarah Algoet
| VOICE as BODY and BODY as VOICE
Marta Raviglia
| Adolescence
Edwin Pitt Mansfield
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| 13:00 | Lunch break | |||||
| 14:00 | Keynote – Cross-Training
Sirkka Kosonen
Zane Šmite
Nadja Räss
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| 15:30 | Coffee break | |||||
| 16:00 | Vocal Versatility
Amy Pfrimmer
| Pop Nation Canada
Amanda Kind
| Spanish as an educational language for singing
Jean-Yves Bosse Vidal
| KinEmission
Izabela Jeżowska
| It takes a musician to raise a village
Barbara Hoos de Jokisch
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| 17:00 | A New Paradigm for Continued Vocal Study for Senior Singers
Karen Brunssen
Joanne Bozeman
| Singlates
Jenny Liebkind
Anna Hakala
| Student-Centered Pedagogy
David Sisco
Travis Sherwood
Marisa Lee Naismith
| speaking and singing
Emmanuel Pesnot
| Integrative voice training
Irène Straub
| “That sounds vegetarian”
Stefanie Lorsch
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| 18:00 | Happy Hour | |||||
| 19:00 | ||||||
| Time | 1 – Salquin | 2 – Kosmos | 3 – Knox | 4 – Ensemble 250 | 5 – Ensemble 253 | 6 – Library |
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| 08:30 | Stand up, take a breath
Craig Anthony Lees
| Singing With Your Whole Self
Elizabeth Blades
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| 09:30 | Coffee Break | |||||
| 10:00 | Keynote – Rebuilding
Alexios Martin
Eberhard Seifert
Claudio Storck
Britta Balandat
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| 11:30 | Coffee Break | Intermedia VoiceLab
Charlotte Hug
| Coffee Break | |||
| 12:00 | Yodeling
Nadja Räss
| Embodiment
Kimberly Barber
| How to Heal a Broken Singer
Elisabeth Holmertz
| Real time visual feedback
Glòria Vila Aymerich
| Voice Metamorphoses
Izabela Jeżowska
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| 13:00 | Lunch Break | |||||
| 14:00 | Keynote – What’s next?
Charlotte Hug
Luca Koch
Margo Zälite
Ellen Pieterse
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| 15:30 | Coffee break | |||||
| 16:00 | Dynamic Conditions
Marita Stryker
Joanne Bozeman
| Stay Calm at Auditions
Ulla Munch
| JAZZ AND OPERA SINGING COMPARED
Daniela Panetta & Giuseppina Cortesi
| Perceptions Lie
Lucia Cossu
| Intermedia VoiceLab
Charlotte Hug
| Fascination Lied / Art Song
Martin Vácha
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| 17:00 | connecting Choir
Selina Maria Batliner
| Teaching Hypermobile Singers
Sarah Algoet
| Cross-training in the Tropics
Luciano Simões Silva
| functional orientation
Elisabeth Pawelke
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| 17:30 | Co-Conducting
Isabelle Viola Taege
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| 18:00 | Food Court | |||||
| 19:00 | Concert – The great Wall
ekmeles
new music vocal group
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| 20:30 | EuroNox
Chiara Jacomet Trio
Chiara Jacomet
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