Ralf Eisenbeiß nació en 1952 en Zeulenroda. Después del examen de secundaria, estudió pedagogía, filología alemana y enseñanza musical. Se doctoró en 1979 en la Universidad Pedagógica de Zwickau. De 1978 a 1981, estudió Dirección de Coros y Orquestas en el Conservatorio Franz Liszt de Weimar.

Ralf Eisenbeiß trabajó como director del Departamento Coral de la Universidad Pedagógica de Zwickau y fue nombrado profesor de Dirección Coral y Canto Coral en 1987. Fue director de orquesta del renombrado coro de la Universidad Pedagógica de Zwickau. Con el coro interpretó un gran repertorio de composiciones para coros a capela y también con orquesta. Bajo su dirección, el coro ganó numerosos premios en concursos nacionales e internacionales de coros.

Ralf Eisenbeiß fue conferenciante en el Seminario Central para Directores de Coros en Berlín y organizó numerosos talleres él mismo. A menudo, participa como director invitado en eventos nacionales y en el extranjero. Trabaja como director artístico en INTERKULTUR desde hace más de veinte años. Ralf Eisenbeiß es fundador del Concurso Internacional Robert Schumann de Coros en Zwickau y uno de los fundadores de los World Choir Games (Juegos Internacionales de Coros). Desde 1992 ha sido responsable de la celebración de un centenar concursos internacionales de INTERKULTUR en Alemania, Italia, Corea, Indonesia, China, Austria, España, EE. UU. y otros países. Ralf Eisenbeiß recibe numerosas invitaciones a participar como jurado en concursos corales nacionales e internacionales en todo el mundo.

Romāns Vanags is a graduate of Emils Darzins' specialized music college and of the Department of Choir and Orchestra Conducting of Jazeps Vitols' Latvian State Conservatory in Riga. He has received a diploma in choir conducting and in music pedagogy and additionally studied orchestra conducting.

In 2003, Vanags received the master's degree in music. His professional work is focused on conducting and pedagogy. He served as the Chief Conductor of the teachers' choir "Vanema" for a long time and since 1990 as the principal Conductor of the Latvian University female choir "Minjona". Furthermore he was Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of Jāzeps Mediņš Music School boys` choir and worked with the Jazeps Medins Music College Symphonic Orchestra. From 1987 thru 1994, Vanags was employed at the Latvian Music Academy in Riga as professor of choir conducting and as the conductor of the academy choir. From 2005 to 2012 Vanags was the head of the Conducting Department.

Vanags has been appointed as one of the chief conductors of the All Latvian Song Celebration and the Youth Song Festival. Since 2004, Vanags is the chairman of the Latvian National Commission for UNESCO on the Latvian Song and Dance Festival, and since 2008, he is also a member of the World Choir Council. In 2008 Romāns Vanags received the highest civil decoration in Latvia – the Three Star Order. Romāns Vanags was a member of the artistic committee of the 8th World Choir Games in Riga and belongs since 2014 to the Artistic Board of INTERKULTUR.

choral conductor, conservatorium lecturer, music arranger, adjudicator

• artistic director, “A Voyage of Songs”, “Jubilate, Festival of Choirs” and “Asia Cantate” International Choral Festival series
• executive member of the National Arts Council’s Advisory Board for Choral Development in Singapore and first Vice-Chairman of the Asian Youth Choir Council
• conductor of nine school-, college-, university- and semi-professional choirs in Singapore that won numerous national and international accolades

Born in China in 1957, Suvalug Liansi was brought up in Thailand at an early age and began piano lessons at the age of six under Acharn Somboon Viriyasophon, Acharn Nat Yontararak and Acharn Piyabhand Sanitwong. She later obtained her A.T.C.L. and L.T.C.L. in piano examination from Trinity College of Music while still in Bangkok, after which she started to conduct local church choirs.

In 1986 she moved to New York, and while furthering her music education at Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey, she joined the Westminster Symphonic Choir under the baton of world famous conductors Leonard Bernstein, Riccardo Muti and Kurt Masur and performed religious works such as Bach’s Mass in B minor, Britten’s War Requiem, Mozart’s Mass in A minor, and Verdi’s Requiem. After completing her bachelor’s degree, she obtained her Master’s Degree in Music (MM) in Church Music, majoring Conducting, Organ and Piano.

Since her return to Bangkok in 1996, Liansi has been giving private piano lessons and served as Church Music Minister at the Second Church of Sam Yan. Suvalug Liansi is also member of the Executive Committee of Thailand Choral Association, lecturer on Church Music and Choral Conducting at Christian University and internationally sought-after clinician and jury member.

Pawasut Jodi Piriyapongrat se licenció en Educación Musical con honores por la Universidad de Chulalongkorn y obtuvo un máster en Música Eclesiástica y un doctorado en Artes Musicales en Música Coral por la Universidad del Sur de California, donde estudió dirección coral con el difunto Dr. William Dehning.
Gracias a su amplia experiencia coral, que incluye la dirección del Coro Juvenil de Tailandia (2007-2009) y del Coro de Conciertos de la Universidad de Chulalongkorn (2007-actualidad), así como muchos trabajos de colaboración de este último con orquestas profesionales tailandesas e internacionales, Pawasut se ha ganado el reconocimiento como la principal directora coral, directora invitada, clínica, juez y educadora coral de Tailandia, con compromisos nacionales e internacionales que incluyen China, Indonesia, Italia, Malasia, Filipinas, Singapur, Sri Lanka y EE. UU. Dedica mucho tiempo y energía a mejorar los estándares corales en Tailandia a través de su implicación con el Ministerio de Educación tailandés y de iniciativas con la Universidad de Chulalongkorn, que incluyen diversos talleres, un festival coral anual y campamentos corales para los coros universitarios de Tailandia. Algunas de sus iniciativas fueron en colaboración con la American Choral Directors Association.
Es profesora a tiempo completo del Departamento de Educación Musical de la Facultad de Educación de la Universidad de Chulalongkorn y presidenta de la Asociación de Directores de Coral de Tailandia.

Tove Ramlo-Ystad is an educated singer and conductor with a Master Degree from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim. Her teachers and mentors in conducting have been Stefan Sköld, Anders Eby and Mogens Dahl.
Tove is one of Norway's most acknowledged choir conductors. She is a popular and inspiring guest conductor, and is frequently invited as an adjudicator in international choir competitions. Tove is representing Norway in The World Choir Council. Since 2015 she has been the artistic director of The Norwegian National Championship for Choirs.
Ramlo-Ystad has conducted both mixed and male choirs through the years, and has kept conducting the female choir Cantus since their beginning in 1986. Through Tove's leadership has Cantus received a lot of attention, won several competitions and has recorded 9 CD’s. The three last recordings got a Grammy nomination. Cantus is known by their Nordic sound. This sound was the reason Disney discovered Cantus, and led to the choir being asked to sing in their animation movie 'Frozen' 1 and 2. Several of the works commissioned for Cantus through the years have become an inspiration for many other female choirs around the world.
Tove Ramlo-Ystad is music director for the Norwegian Choral Association.

Aida Swenson is one of Indonesia‘s strongest forces of choral music development. A founder and conductor of the Indonesian Children‘s & Youth Choirs- Cordana, who have gathered international recognitions and awards, and have been invited to perform in major cities worldwide.

As a graduate of the Westminster Choir College, Princeton, USA and as a sought after clinician, Aida Swenson conducts numerous workshops and adjudicates national and international events. Her activities as a juror includes in: USA, England, Germany, Vietnam and Singapore.

Aida Swenson has spent many years traveling throughout Indonesia creating and leading choirs, giving masters classes, and training choral conductors. However, her professional endeavors are largely but not limited to her choral clinician activities. Her professional activities include: Council Member of the World Choir Games for Indonesia; Member of the Advisory to INTERKULTUR‘s World Choir Games; Chairman of the Foundation for the Development of Choral Music in Indonesia; Member of Advisory of the Foundation of Church Music; Member of Artistic team of Polyfollia World Showcase; Member of the committee APCS-IFCM; Artistic Director of National Christian Universities Choir Competition in Indonesia.

Aida Swenson is featured in the “World Who is Who in Choral Music”. Her personal commitment to her musical endeavors in Indonesia is not only centered on her vision in furthering the quality of children‘s choral development. Aida is a pillar of change, of progression, and of energy to achieve unassailable quality in choral music in Indonesia and internationally.

After graduating from Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Western Michigan University and Peabody Conservatory of Music majoring in conducting, Jun Wang worked as conductor at the University of Wisconsin in Oshkosh, at Xiamen Opera House and Hubei Opera House, with the Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra as well as the China National Symphony Orchestra. Currently he is the Artistic Director of Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra Choir, Zhongshan Choir and Autumn Whispers Choir.

Wang is Vice Director of the Conducting Committee of the China Choral Association, Vice Chairman of Guangdong Choral Association and Chairman of Zhongshan Choral Association. Wang is a famous choral conductor in China and conducted the “China National Choir” based in Beijing which was ranked one of the best choirs in China. Under his direction many choirs won gold medals at national and international choral competitions including the World Choir Games in Guangzhou, Riga and Sochi and at several national choral competitions in China.

Axel Pfeiffer estudió Musicología y Pedagogía Instrumental con especialización en piano en Giessen y Maguncia, así como dirección coral en la Akademie für Tonkunst de Darmstadt. Como director coral, ha ganado numerosos primeros premios con sus coros en concursos corales nacionales e internacionales. Desde 2008, es el principal responsable de la gestión organizativa y uno de los dos directores del "Landesjugendchor Hessen" y, a partir de abril de 2023, ha tomado las riendas en solitario de la dirección dicho coro.

Axel Pfeiffer fue director nacional de la Juventud Coral de Hesse y presidente del Comité Federal de Música de la Asociación de Cantantes de ese mismo estado. Impartió clases de teoría musical, entrenamiento de la voz coral y ensayo en la Escuela de Dirección Coral de Fráncfort y —como director de la Escuela de Dirección Coral de Marburgo de la Asociación de Cantantes de Hesse—, de las asignaturas de dirección, ensayo y entrenamiento de la voz coral. Imparte clases en seminarios y cursos de perfeccionamiento y ejerce regularmente como crítico y jurado.

En 2009, Axel Pfeiffer fundó el coro «Cantamus Gießen». Desde entonces, ha ganado numerosos primeros premios con este conjunto en concursos, entre ellos, el Concurso Coral de Hesse, en sus ediciones de 2013, 2017 y 2022, así como el reconocimiento a la puntuación más alta del día de todos los coros participantes en el Concurso Coral Nacional del Festival Harmonie en 2017.

Christo is regarded as one of South Africa’s foremost conductors and clinicians of choral music. Some of his accolades include: AKUSTIKA Chamber Singers winning the Pavarotti trophy and the title “Choir of the World” at the annual Llangollen Eisteddfod in Wales (2008); the grand prize at the Concorso Chorale Internazionale Riva del Garda competition in Italy (2010); and winning 5 gold medals at the World Choir Games held in Tshwane (2018). The choir was also crowned the World Champions of the Sacred A Cappella category. According to the Interkultur world ranking list, AKUSTIKA is currently ranked the 2nd best mixed choir in the world. Christo has also been the conductor of the award-winning University of Pretoria Jacaranda Children’s Choir since January 2015. Christo is the founder of Capital Singers.

• Jefe de la Sección de Dirección de la Academia Nacional de Música de Vietnam
• Miembro del Consejo Coral Mundial, representante de Vietnam
• Directora artística del Concurso Coral Internacional de Vietnam
• Se licenció en Dirección Coral y Educación Musical en la Academia Nacional de Música de Vietnam y en la Academia de Música de Malmo (Suecia).
• Lleva más de 20 años trabajando como maestra de coro y directora coral. Es conocida como pionera en el campo de la educación coral y musical en Vietnam.
• Ha llevado al Coro SolArt de Vietnam a conseguir Medallas de Oro, Premios del Público, Premios Especiales... en el 7º y 8º Concurso Coral Internacional Johannes Brahms de Wernigerode, Alemania, y en el 3er Concurso Coral Internacional de Vietnam.
• En varios años, fue Directora Invitada en Niños del Mundo en Armonía y Voces sin Frontera en Petoskey, EE.UU..
• Ha recibido numerosas invitaciones de INTERKULTUR y otros organizadores internacionales para formar parte del jurado de Concursos Corales Internacionales en España, Corea del Sur, Filipinas, Tailandia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malasia y Vietnam.
• También es conocida como presentadora, experta en música y miembro del jurado de numerosos concursos musicales en el sistema de radiodifusión de Vietnam en todo el país.

Composer, conductor

• Winner of composition prizes from Tokyo, Japan and Tours, France
• Writer of approximately 300 commissioned works for choirs around the world
• Featured composer at JCDA Tokyo 2012 and and 2013 in South Africa, Japan, Indonesia and Croatia
• Jury member in Takarazuka (Japan), Cro Patria Split (Croatia), Rimini (Italy) and the IFCM Composition Contest in 2012