Karen Brunssen
Co-chair of the Department of Music Performance. Mezzo-soprano. Karen Brunssen is currently the Immediate Past-President of NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) and served as President and President-Elect from 2016-2020. She was Program Chair for the 2016 54th NATS National Conference in Chicago, was a NATS Intern Master Teacher in 2013, was governor of…
Margo ZĀLĪTE
Prof. Margo Zālīte is a theater and opera director, researcher, and educator whose work lives at the restless intersection of performance pedagogy, digital cultures, and social justice. With over fifteen years of practice spanning rehearsal rooms, festival stages, and university seminars across Europe and beyond, she brings both intellectual rigor and genuine creative warmth to everything…
Anna Hakala
Anna Hakala is a singer, vocal educator, Pilates instructor, and co-developer of the SingLates method, an innovative approach that integrates Pilates-based movement with vocal training. Anna is a graduate of the University of the Arts Helsinki. With extensive experience teaching private students, vocal ensembles, and choirs, as well as performing in concerts and stage productions, Anna…
InCanto Choirs Oberseetal
Choir director Kerstin Saxer enchants audiences with her powerful vocal groups! Kerstin Saxer-Jentsch is a music educator with Master’s degrees in Vocal Pedagogy and Secondary School Music Education (Schulmusik II) from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts HSLU. For many years, she has led the InCanto Choirs Oberseetal with great joy and passion,…
Mariette Witteveen
Born in The Hague, she studied voice at the Arnhem Conservatory and with Margreet Honig in Amsterdam, specializing in oratorio and art song. As a performer and international teacher, she focuses on vocal technique, breath work, and interpretation, integrating Chi Gong and psychological insights into her holistic approach. *“Singing begins where breath becomes soul—my goal…
The High Horse
For centuries, it has been regarded as the finest, the most valuable and untouchable form of high culture: Classical music. Mezzo-soprano Stephanie Szanto and pianist Simon Bucher know its stern reality as they passed the rigorous school of classical music. At night, however, they danced under the flashing lights of their hometown’s discotheques to the…
Evta Europe Executive board
Ellen Pieterse – President Bo Rosenkull – Vice President Edwin Pitt Mansfield – Secretary Christa Bornhijm – Treasurer Edgars Skarbulis – Member-at-large, webmaster Eleanor Forbes – Member-at-large
Folk Music Ensemble of HSLU
The Lucerne School of Music is the only university in Switzerland that offers a degree programme in folk music. The Swiss Night will feature music performed by current and former students from this programme. Both instrumental and vocal folk music will be performed. The evening will be organised and hosted by Prof. Nadja Räss (Head…
Marita Stryker
Hi! I’m Marita.(she/her)I’m a native Austin-ite (very rare these days) currently living outside of the Twin Cities in Minnesota, but in between my time at either end of I-35, I have traveled the world performing and teaching.I am a life-long student, and my journey has brought me as a dancer with visions of being a ballerina,…
Cornelia Kallisch
The mezzo-soprano Cornelia Kallisch began her musical career as an instrumentalist with violin and piano. She studied with Josef Metternich, among others, and completed her training at the Opera Studio of the Bavarian State Opera. This was followed by engagements in Paris, Milan and at the Zurich Opera House, among others. Since the beginning of her career,…
Martin Vacha
Prof. Dr. Martin Vacha was born in Lower Austria in 1972, obtained numerous academic degrees in music, education and cultural management after graduating from a music-focused secondary school and went on to earn his doctorate with distinction. As a concert singer (baritone), he has performed at venues including the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein,…
Irène Straub
Irène Straub from Lucerne studied music with a major in classical singing at the Lucerne School of Music and in Zurich. In 2007, she received her diploma as a Swiss-certified singing teacher (now a Master’s degree). This was followed in 2012 by a certificate from the Complete Vocal Institute Copenhagen and in 2014 by a…
Nadja Räss
Prof. Nadja Räss was literally born singing. In her earliest childhood, she came into contact with Appenzell natural yodelling through relatives on her father’s side and yodelling was also omnipresent in her parents’ home. Nadja soon realised: “When I grow up, I’m going to be a yodeller. After graduating from Einsiedeln Abbey School, she studied…
David Sisco
David Sisco (he/him) is an adjunct voice faculty member at NYU Steinhardt in New York City. Over the past 25 years, he has taught at Northeastern University, Suffolk University, Marymount Manhattan College, and Wagner College. David maintains a private studio and teaches both nationally and internationally. David has presented at numerous conferences, including ANATS, ICVT,…
Stefanie Lorsch
Dr. Stefanie Lorsch is a linguist and voice researcher. She holds a degree in German and Romance Linguistics and Literature and Musicology from the Universities of Karlsruhe and Tübingen and received her doctorate from the University of Mannheim with a thesis on descriptions of the human singing voice, for which she received the Advancement Award…
Marisa Lee Naismith
Dr. Marisa is a renowned international singing teacher, vocal coach, voice researcher, author, speaker, mentor, and podcast host with over 45 years of experience in the entertainment and creative industries. Starting her career as a teenager in a pop/rock band, Marisa went on to become an award-winning vocalist, performing on stages across Australia and in…
Fatou-Ella Mangassouba
Music inspires me and makes me happy. I especially enjoy composing and improvising with the piano and my voice. I like experimenting with different music genres and styles. I take singing and piano lessons with Fanny Anderegg and Mik Keusen at the École de Musique Bienne. I also participated in workshops, for example at the…
Travis Sherwood
American Baritone, Travis Sherwood, has received praise for his powerful voice and emotionally poignant performances around the world as an opera singer, concert artist, and recitalist, performing a wide range of musical genres and styles. On the operatic stage, Sherwood has performed leading roles in La Bohème, South Pacific, Gianni Schicchi, The Tempest, Hänsel und…
Claudio Storck
Prof. Dr. med Claudio Storck, Professor of Otorhinolaryngology, specialising in phoniatrics and laryngology, head and neck surgery Senior Physician, Head of Phoniatrics Universitätsspital Basel
Amanda kind
Amanda Kind is a voice teacher, singer, songwriter, and performer. She teaches commercial music at Wilfrid Laurier University, and has been a faculty member or guest lecturer for many other music education programs including in the Music Program at University of Guelph and the Theatre Performance Program at Sheridan College Music. Amanda has recorded a…
Jennie Such
How does one develop a calling in life? For me, formative musical experiences sculpted my identity as a singer, and I was called to pursue that truth on a learning journey that still continues. I graduated with a BMus with Honours in Performance (Voice) from the University of Western Ontario, and obtained Postgraduate Diplomas in…
Bosse Vidal Jean-Yves
Drawn early to music and foreign languages, Jean-Yves found in singing their perfect harmony and has built his practice, research, and teaching around this alliance. He holds three master’s degrees: Spanish, Musicology, and Phonetics. After 25 years of teaching languages and performing on stage, he now teaches various vocal styles and diction across Europe in…
Ulla Munch
Ulla Munch is a professional singer, voice coach, and mental trainer based in Copenhagen, Denmark. With over 35 years of experience as both a soloist and ensemble singer, she has performed worldwide under a wide range of conditions, gaining deep expertise in managing stage presence and performance anxiety. Since 2015, Ulla has worked as a…
Craig Antony Lees
Craig is a contemporary vocal coach, choral leader and arranger. He is a Principal Lecturer on the Popular Music Degree at Leeds Conservatoire, where he founded the Leeds Contemporary Pop Choir in 2015. He was also the Musical Director behind Leeds Contemporary Singers; winners of BBC One’s Pitch Battle television show (2017). Craig was a…
Charlotte Hug
Prof. Charlotte Hug With her innovative musical-visual performances at special locations and her spatial scores with Son-Icons (visual music), she has created a new genre of transdisciplinary, spatial-scenic music and art. As an extreme musician with voice and viola, her specialty is hybrid sound mixtures. This creates her own unmistakable sound language. Hug holds degrees…
Britta Balandat
I am dedicated to supporting individuals in achieving their vocal and personal development goals through a creative, evidence-based approach to clinical, pedagogical, and artistic challenges. Since 2009, I have worked as a clinical speech-language pathologist at the University Hospital Zurich, specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of voice disorders. My work includes teaching SOVTE techniques…
Sandra Oberoi
A visionary leader and international singer from Bangalore, India, with a profound wealth of experience spanning over three decades, Sandra Oberoi is a pivotal figure in music education and performance. She is admired for her seamless integration of roles as an educator, performer, entrepreneur, researcher, and advocate, shaping the landscape of music education in across…
Luca Koch
Luca Koch (es/they/no pronouns) does not shy away from boundaries. Luca trained and explored their means of artistic expression during their Bachelor’s degree in Jazz Voice at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and a Master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Artistic Creation at the same school. With their voice and body as their primary tools,…
Izabela Jeżowska
Concert mezzo-soprano and graduate of the Vocal and Acting Department at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław, where she studied under Prof. Eugeniusz Sąsiadek. She was a recipient of an Italian Government scholarship and participated in masterclasses with Shirley Verrett, Fedora Barbieri, and Mirella Freni. Currently, she is a Full Professor at the…
Luciano Simões Silva
Prof. Dr. Luciano Simões has more than 20 years of experience as a university voice professor and 30 years as a voice teacher, currently managing his voice studio in Hildesheim, Germany. His pedagogical work focuses on cross-training and voice building for the hybrid singer. His solid background includes a doctorate of musical arts from Michigan…
Elizabeth Blades
Dr. Elizabeth Blades holds both Doctor of Musical Arts and Masters of Music Degrees from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, where she was also an Adjunct Assistant Professor, teaching vocal pedagogy. She has most recently been a Visiting Professor of Music at Alfred University, Alfred, NY. Previous appointments were as Adjunct Associate…
Thaddäus Lange
Thaddäus Lange, born on 27 February 2005, is the eighth of nine children in a family of musicians. His musical talent became apparent at an early age, and he began piano lessons at the age of five.A year later, he joined the Lucerne Kantorei and has been taking voice lessons from the choir’s director, Eberhard…
Kenneth Bozeman
Prof. Kenneth Bozeman is an emeritus professor of music at Lawrence University in Appleton Wisconsin where he taught from 1977-2019. He was chair of the voice department from 1993-2017, taught singing, voice science and pedagogy, and offered tutorials in acoustic voice pedagogy. He now presents nationally and internationally on acoustic voice pedagogy for universities, voice…
Elisabeth Pawelke
Dr. Elisabeth Pawelke studied voice and historical harp at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (Basel), the Hochschule für Alte Musik in Basel, and the State University of Music in Trossingen, earning a Master of Music in Early Music. She received additional vocal training from Gundula Anders and Eric Mentzel and participated in masterclasses with artists such…
Eberhard Seifert
Prof. Dr. med Eberhard Seifert is since 2000 the Head of the Division of Phoniatrics at the ENT clinic, Head and Neck Surgery, at the University Hospital of Bern. After graduating in human medicine at the University of Duesseldorf, he specialized in ENT at the Faculty of Clinical Medicine in Mannheim and then in Phoniatrics…
Cord-Friedrich Berghahn
Prof. Dr. Cord-Friedrich Berghahn studied German and English at TU Berlin and is Associate Professor of Modern German Literature at the Carolo-Wilhelmina University of Technology in Braunschweig; he has also been President of the Lessing Academy since 2012 and President of the Israel Jacobson Network, of which he is one of the founders, since 2020….
Stimmsitz – Exchange Forum
Exchange Forums “Stimmsitz & Resonanzraum” Since 2019 graduates of the Master’s degree programme in Vocal Pedagogy Classical and Jazz at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts meet regularly to discuss vocal pedagogy topics. They all work as singing teachers at music schools with different tasks and different workloads. The aim of this forum called…
Ellen Pieterse
Ellen Pieterse is an all-round singer with an expressive stage presence. Coming from a classical education, she has developed into an allround performer with a great love for combining the beauty of classical music with the many musical possibilities of today. Ellen has become a much-sought vocal teacher and an important part of her students…
Alvaro Schoeck
Before and during his directing studies at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin, Alvaro Schoeck worked as an assistant director at various theatres such as the Stuttgart State Opera, the Mainz State Theatre and the Lucerne Theatre. Since then, he has worked as a freelance director for both spoken and musical theatre in…
Sarah Holman
Sarah Holman, mezzo-soprano, recently performed Haydn’s Missa in Tempore Belli with the Rockford Symphony and was a featured soloist in Ivor Novello: A Celebration with the Kansas City World War I Museum and William Jewell College. She has performed with the Lake Forest Symphony, Chicago Master Singers, and DePaul Community Chorus in Mahler’s Symphony No….
Kimberly Barber
In demand as a guest lecturer, panellist, consultant and pedagogue, Canadian mezzo-soprano Kimberly Barber gives master classes and workshops around the world at universities, conservatories and Young Artist Programs. She adjudicates widely, and is frequently called upon to serve on advisory panels for the arts. Professor of Voice (promotion in rank 2018) at Wilfrid Laurier…
Amy Pfrimmer
Amy Pfrimmer is Professor of Music and the Lillian Gerson Watsky Professor in Voice at Tulane University where she has been voice area coordinator and director of the vocal music concert series since 2007. Her repertoire and creative work encompasses a wide range of music, with particular focus on Romantic and 20th Century opera, oratorio,…
Edward Rushton
Edward Rushton has been teaching chamber music and piano accompaniment at the Musikhochschule Luzern since 2000. He has performed recitals all over Europe and recorded many CDs, including music by lesser-known composers. His love for song led him in 2015 to found the association “Besuch der Lieder” in order to further the performance of Lieder…
Jessica Pawlitzki
Jessica Pawlitzki is a voice teacher specializing in pop singing, a certified Neuro‑Vocal Master Teacher, singer, and author. Based in Wiesbaden, she focuses on modern vocal technique for healthy, expressive voices in pop and musical styles. Jessica is a board member of the German Association of Singing Teachers (BDG) and author of Das Sing-Journal (2024)….
EVTA.CH Board
Host of Eurovox 2026 Madelaine Wibom – Secretary Daniela Schumacher – Vice president Tanja Ariane Baumgartner – member at large Marcus Niedermeyr – member at large René Perler – treasurer Evi Gallmetzer – member at large Hans-Jürg Rickenbacher – President
Zane Šmite
Education: Present positionsince 2020 – voice coach at Latvian Academy of Culturesince 2008 – Traditional singing teacher at Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, Musicology Department, Ethnomusicology Class. Theoretical courses of vocal methodology for Classical, Jazz and Vocal pedagogy students. Publications-2022-Human voice as instrument In:Skatuves runa un teksta analīze. p 15-22 (Methodological material), Latvijas Kultūras…
Selina Maria Batliner
Growing up in a family of musicians, the Swiss soprano Selina Maria Batliner started playing the flute and piano at a young age, before she found her true calling in singing. 2011 she started her bachelor of Arts in singing, at the “Hochschule der Künste Bern” in Bern with prof. Hans Peter Blochwitz. After graduating…
Jasmin Schmid
Singer and Vocal Coach at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Music
Giuseppina Cortesi
Born in Bergamo, she followed her musical studies at the “Gaetano Donizetti” Musical Institute of her city, graduating in Viola, in Artistic Singing and obtaining the Level II Academic Diploma for the interpretive singing school, with top marks . She specialized with Piermiranda Ferraro, Seta Del Grande and Guglielmo Gazzani; participated in Masterclasses with Fedora…
elisabeth Holmertz
Singing and Elisabeth Holmertz chose each other after an 8-year old Elisabeth saw Rossini’s La Cenerentola at the Grand Theatre in her hometown of Gothenburg. Her goal and dream was to become an opera singer, stand on stage in fancy costumes, and sing otherworldly, beautiful music. Her path was a pretty straight one, through music…
Evi Gallmetzer
Specialised Teaching and Learning Methods in Vocal Phonation at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Music Born in South Tyrol/Italy, Evi Gallmetzer was already a keen singer and musician of folk music in her family. After studying singing in Innsbruck and Salzburg, she obtained a concert diploma in song and oratorio at the…
Glòria Vila Aymerich
Glòria Vila Aymerich is a singer-songwriter and modern vocal instructor who is currently undertaking a PhD in Arts and Education at the University of Girona. She earned a Master’s degree in Jazz and Contemporary Music Performance at the Conservatori Superior del Liceu (Barcelona), where she focused on the vocal works of Charles Mingus, and also…
ekmeles
Ekmeles is a vocal ensemble dedicated to the performance of new and rarely-heard works, and gems of the historical avant garde. They have a special focus on microtonal works, and have been praised for their “extraordinary sense of pitch” by the New York Times. They are the recipients of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation’s…
Jenny Liebkind
Jenny Liebkind is a singer, vocal educator, musical theater performer, conscious breathing coach, and co-developer of the SingLates method. She is also the founder of JL Laulustudio Helsinki, a vocal school established in 2020.Jenny has performed leading roles in Finnish musical theater, most recently portraying Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof. Her stage credits also include The Sound of Music, The…
Rabih Lahoud
Rabih Lahoud is the singer of the successful jazz band Masaa, with whom he has already released 5 albums, and member of the band around Markus Stockhausen Eternal Voyage. As a soloist, he has also been involved in numerous productions and festivals, including the Handel Festival in Händel Festival in Halle (2012), the “düsseldorf Festival!”…
Isabelle Viola Taege
Isabelle Viola Taege was born in Dormagen and studied Voice, Vocal Pedagogy, Musicology, and English Studies at the Musikhochschule Münster, the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, and the University of Cologne. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the University Mozarteum Salzburg on the topic of Co-Conducting in Choral Pedagogy. Isabelle gained her…
Marta Raviglia
Singer, composer, performer – her research moves between jazz and contemporary music, songwriting and daring improvisation. She has sung as a soloist with Orchestra Jazz della Sardegna, Bulgaria State Radio Big Band, Coro del Friuli Venezia Giulia, Corale Polifonica Santa Cecilia (Sassari – Italy), Orchestra del Conservatorio «Bruno Maderna» (Cesena – Italy), Orchestra del Conservatorio…
Sirkka Kosonen
I sing, compose, arrange, lead a choir, play the accordion and kantele, research and teach. I yodel, strum, croak, pluck, strum and write. All of these parts make up my musicianship. But without improvisation and challenging my folk singing skills in multi-style ensembles, I would feel incomplete. All of this, and the different projects that…
Lucia Cossu
Italian/French born 1971, voice teacher for professionals and future pro singers, breath management and mobility biomechanics, the interactions of the anatomical systems related to voice with a purposefully strong practice perspective, international presenter. Her practice is a door to the physiological voice, it serves all styles, has been presented internationally, I call it the (r)evolution…
Barbara Hoos de Jokisch
Dr. Barbara Hoos de Jokisch studied theology, music, and German (teacher training) as well as vocal pedagogy. Pursued an artistic career as a concert singer and has extensive experience in vocal pedagogy, including positions at music universities in Berlin (UdK) and Mexico City (ENM/UNAM). Since 2012, she has been Academic Lecturer for Voice and Vocal…
Katri A. Keskinen
Katri A. Keskinen is a popular music voice teacher, educator, researcher, and musician based in Finland and Sweden. Her doctoral research at the Sibelius Academy (University of the Arts Helsinki) examines how societal change and uncertainty are perceived and navigated within the popular music voice teaching profession and institutionalized teacher training settings. She has presented…
bo rosenkull
Bo Rosenkull is Professor of Voice at the Academy of Music and Drama at the University of Gothenburg and Professor of Voice and Vocal Methodology at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. In his studio in central Stockholm, he offers private voice lessons. Bo serves as Chair of the Swedish Association of Singing and…
Emmanuel Pesnot
Despite being the son of a music-loving pastor and a piano teacher, Emmanuel Pesnot turned to music—and specifically singing—later in life, following a career in radio. He (re)discovered the wonders of polyphony, with a particular affinity for the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Driven by a passion for oral tradition folk music, he studied under numerous…
Chiara Jacomet & Samir Rachide
The Jacomet–Rachide duo, which emerged from the Jacomet–Rachide–Kalima trio, reinterprets folk songs in a refreshingly idiosyncratic way. With vocals and trumpet or flugelhorn, they reduce the pieces to their essence without losing any of their expressiveness. This minimalist yet intense approach lends the traditional melodies an intimate, emotional depth that speaks directly to the listener…
Kimberly Moller
Kimberly Moller is a San Diego-based actor and voice teacher specializing in a cutting-edge approach that taps into the power of the brain to dramatically improve vocal technique. A certified neuro-centric trainer and seasoned teacher, Kim uses her innovative vocal training method, Vocal Kinesthetics, to help singers and voice teachers vanquish vocal hurdles by retraining…
Edwin Pitt Mansfield
Ed is a Singing Teacher, Conductor, Baritone and Examiner – well known as an established teacher and educator. He is Head of Choral Music and a Singing Teacher at Tring Park School for the Peforming Arts, a Deputy Vocal Teacher at the Royal College of Music Junior Department and an examiner for Trinity College London….
Zita Zimmermann
Zita is a Swiss mezzo-soprano, voice teacher and performance coach based in Zürich.After completing her studies in Basel and New York, she established her private studio, where she teaches both, in person and online. She is a member of the professional Ensemble “Canticum Novum Zürich” and performs regularly as a Soloist.As a performance coach she…
Daniela Panetta
Daniela Panetta Jazz singer highly appreciated in Europe, Daniela Panetta has been active in both the concert and teaching fields for more than 30 years. She has collaborated with internationally renowned musicians in ensembles ranging from duos to big bands and symphony orchestras. Among her best-known formations we remember the “Vocaland” quintet, the “Ampio Respiro”…
Veronika Lubert
Prof. Dr. Veronika Jana Lubert is Professor of Musicians’ Health at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – School of Music. She conducted research and taught in social and sport psychology at the University of Vienna, with fellowships leading her to the Swedish School of Sports and Health Sciences and the Royal Northern…
Sarah Algoet
Sarah Algoet (°1982, Kortrijk – Belgium) is a voice teacher and vocal coach, living and working in Spain, with a thriving international online teaching practice. Since founding singsing! in 2007, she guides singers across multiple genres and levels, both with and without microphones. Since 2021, she also mentors voice teachers and vocal coaches worldwide, helping…
Alexios Martin
Dr. med Alexios Martin Specialist in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Phoniatrics, and Pediatric Audiology Clinical Focus * Pediatric hearing, voice, speech, and swallowing disorders * Voice and swallowing disorders in adults * Unilateral and bilateral vocal fold paralysis * Phonosurgery for benign laryngeal lesions Professional Career * Since 2023: Head of Phoniatrics & Pediatric Audiology, Department of Otorhinolaryngology,…
chiara jacomet
Chiara Jacomet is a versatile artist – jazz diva, electro-pop muse and songwriter. Her powerful, dark velvety voice and expressive presence captivate audiences. With lyrics that get under your skin, she questions social norms and confronts her audience with critical questions – whether in Romansh or English. From her first moments on stage as a…
Joanne Bozeman
JOANNE BOZEMAN, graduate of the University of Arizona, has taught singing for over 50 years and is retired from Lawrence University’s Conservatory of Music in Appleton, Wisconsin, where she taught studio voice and voice-related courses. For many years, she was an actively performing soprano. Joanne is co-author of the ground-breaking Singing Through Change: Women’s Voices…