enCHanting LUCERNE
Eurovox 2026
A congress for voice experts
Keynotes
20–22 August 2026
breaking news
Nadja Räss Awarded the Grand Prix Musik 2026
EVTA member Nadja Räss was already honoured last year with the Golden Violin Key, the highest distinction in Swiss folk music. Now, with the Grand Prix Musik 2026, Nadja Räss receives Switzerland’s most highly endowed music award.Following the recognition of yodelling as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, this achievement brings—so to speak—Olympic gold to our association….
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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| 09:00 | EVTA Council Meeting 2026
EVTA Europe Executive Board
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| 11:00 | ||||||
| 12:00 | Lunch – pasta bowl | |||||
| 13:00 | Opening Ceremony
Chiara Jacomet & Samir Rachide
Vocal Ensemble OTTO
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| 14:00 | Keynote – Shared Teachership
Evi Gallmetzer
Alvaro Schoeck
Cord-Friedrich Berghahn
Edward Rushton
Cornelia Kallisch
Stimmsitz Exchange Forum
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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
Stimmsitz Exchange Forum
| Journal for Students
Jessica Pawlitzki
| Mouth Position in Belting
Jasmin Schmid
| latvian folksongs
Zane Šmite
| Transformative Pedagogic Concepts
Kenneth Bozeman
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| 17:00 | Three Voices, One Vision
Sarah Holman
Sandra Oberoi
Ellen Pieterse
| Sing stronger for longer
Rebecca Moseley-Morgan
| What is Crossover
Jennie Such
| Neuro 101
Kimberly Moller
| Finnish Folksongs
Sirkka Kosonen
| expanding professionalism
Katri A. Keskinen
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| 18:00 | Dinner – Grill Bowl | |||||
| 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 | Sing, Play and Flow
Rabih Lahoud
| Vocal Versatility
Amy Pfrimmer
| KinEmission
Izabela Jeżowska
| Microphone Technique
Sarah Algoet
| VOICE as BODY and BODY as VOICE
Marta Raviglia
| Adolescence
Edwin Pitt Mansfield
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| 13:00 | Lunch – Salad Bowl | |||||
| 14:00 | Keynote – Cross-Training
Sirkka Kosonen
Zane Šmite
Nadja Räss
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| 15:30 | Coffee break | |||||
| 16:00 | Female Voices After Laryngectomy
Jenna Brown
| From Stagefright to joy
Zita Zimmermann
| Pop Nation Canada
Amanda Kind
| Spanish as an educational language for singing
Jean-Yves Bosse Vidal
| FASCIAL FLOW
Maya Boog
| 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
| Homo sapiens mania for 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 | dinner-Concert Swiss Night
Nadja Räss
Folk Music Ensemble HSLU
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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 | 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 | |||||
| 12:00 | Yodeling
Nadja Räss
| Embodiment
Kimberly Barber
| How to Heal a Broken Singer
Elisabeth Holmertz
| Real time visual feedback
Glòria Vila Aymerich
| Intermedia VoiceLab
Charlotte Hug
| Voice Metamorphoses
Izabela Jeżowska
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| 12:30 | Building Trust
David Sisco
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| 13:00 | Lunch – Quiche Bowl | |||||
| 14:00 | Keynote – What’s next?
Charlotte Hug
Luca Koch
Margo Zālīte
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 | Dinner – curry bowl | |||||
| 19:00 | ekmeles – Closing Ceremony
ekmeles
new music vocal group
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