• Artistic Director and founder of the children's choir Cor Vivaldi-Petits Cantors de Catalunya (Ambassador 2017 IFCM)
• Pianist, pedagogue and conductor
• Adjudicator in international competitions
• Artistic Director of the festival "Canta al Mar" in Calella since 2017

• Chairperson of the Belarusian Choral Directors Association and Head of the Choral Conducting Department of the Belarusian State Academy of Music
• Author and initiator of a great number of choral projects in Belarus including Open Conductor’s Competition named after V. Rovdo, Choral pages of the XX-th century, etc.
• Regularly invited specialist for lectures and master classes on Russian, Belarusian Orthodox and modern choral music in Europe, Russia and China
• Adjudicator, conductor and teacher of conducting and developer of “choral theater” in Belarus

• Conductor University of Johannesburg (UJ) Choir and Afrikaans Hoër Meisies Pretoria (AHMP) Choir
• Composer and arranger
• Soloist, organist
• Adjudicator and clinician

• Artistic Director Orpheus Choir of Toronto, Chorus Niagara, Opera in Concert Chorus and the Ontario Male Chorus
• Recognized guest conductor, clinician and adjudicator
• Recipient of the Order of Canada, Honourary Doctorate (Brock University), Queens Jubilee Medal, Distinguished Service Award (Choral Canada) for contribution to the Canadian choral community

• Presenter of Choir Workshops / Voice coaching
• Adjudicator of National ATKV Choir Competition / eisteddfods
• Conductor of various Children and Youth Choir’s / Previous champions at Choir Games
• National award winner for developing / promoting choral singing among the youth

• Singing teacher, juror
• Artistic Director of the Rundfunk-Jugendchor Wernigerode
• Representative of Music Education at the Landesgymnasium für Musik Saxony-Anhalt
• Founder of the "Kammerchor Wernigerode"

• Composer, arranger, adjudicator, voice trainer and producer of choral, classical and jazz music concerts
• Founding Director of Voices of Cape Town, Ingoma Music Ministries and Township Opera Company
• Former Founding member of South African Choral Music Association (SACMA), South African Tertiary Institutions Choral Association (SATICA) and Western Cape Choral Music Association (WECCMA)
• Chairman and Conductor of "Young Voices South Africa"
• Member of the IFCM
• Current President of Choral Music Federation of South Africa (COMFESA)

• Judge on TV Show "Varsity Sing" for KykNet, South Africa
• Chorus Master at Cape Town Opera
• Voice Teacher at University Of Western Cape, Performing Arts Centre
• Chorus Member of Internationally Acclaimed Opera Chorus at Cape Town Opera

• Conductor of the award winning women's choir Carmen manet – the winner of Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017
• Artistic Director of musical center DO RE MI in Bled specialized in working with children with special needs and children with autistic spectrum disorder
• International jury member
• Musical arranger

• Conductor of the Meadowlands Zone 3 Church Choir of the Seventh-day Adventist, Clusters of the Harvest, and the internationally acclaimed SDASA Chorale
• Associate conductor of the Oregon Adventist Men’s Chorus
• Former conductor of the University of Pretoria Chorale
• Jury member of the Southern African Music Rights Organisation Overseas Scholarship for piano and composition
• Past president of NewMusic South Africa, the south African chapter of the International Society of Contemporary Music
• Taught counterpoint and composition at the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of South Africa

• Artistic Director of the Drakensberg Boys Choir School, South Africa (WCG Champions 2018)
• Former Director of the Kearsney College Choir (WCG Champions 2012 and 2014)
• Composer and arranger of choral and instrumental music
• Frequent clinician, workshop facilitator, guest conductor

• Choir and Orchestra Conductor

• former choirmaster at the Royal Opera in Denmark

• Artistic Director of the Copenhagen Concert Society

• Internationally sought-after juror, conductor and workshop leader

• Director of "Sound of the Nation Choir" 2016 Large category National champions (OMNCF)
• Director of "Bagale Chorus" Large category North West Champions 2010-2015 (OMNCF)
• Directed the International Children Outreach Ministries Honours Chorus of South Africa in 2008-2012 in USA
• A conductor, composer, facilitator, accompanist, choral practitioner and coach, adjudicator of many choral events in South Africa and neighboring countries
• Head of Music at Soshanguve Secondary School

• Conductor of the "Choir and Orchestra of the University of Abomey-Calavi"
• Founder and director of several choirs, among them the "Children's Choir of Bénin"
• Created the festival "Les Rencontres Polyphoniques du Bénin"
• Guest conductor and lecturer
• Member of the INTERKULTUR World Choir Council

• African Musical Arts Specialist in African Music and Dance, including marimba and African percussion, African traditional and indigenous music
• Adjudicator, conductor and music director
• Active composer and arranger

• Professor at Ewha Womans University
• Conductor of “Ansan City Choir”
• Conductor of “Ewha Chamber Choir”
• Broadcasting host for Christian Radio Channel of Far East Broadcasting Company
• President emeritus of KFCM (Korean Federation for Choral Music)
• Conductor of “Young-Nak Presbyterian Church Choir”
• Produced 106 CDs and three DVD‘s with “Ansan City Choir”, “Ewha Chamber Choir” and “Young-Nak Presbyterian Church Choir”

• Conductor, producer, educator, founder/Artistic Director of Estonian Television Girl’s and Children’s Choir
• Artistic Director of European Film Awards TV-live Gala, HM Elizabeth II and their Majesties Japanese Emperor and Empress State Visit Concerts.
• Worked with Michael Jackson, world premieres and recordings of Arvo Pärt, Veljo Tormis, Urmas Sisask, Roxanna Panufnik /BBC, WDR, Danish Radio etc.
• Guidoneum Award of Arezzo Foundation, Order of White Star of the Republic of Estonia, Prize of the UNICEF National Committee, Musician of the Year by Estonian National Broadcast
• Member of the INTERKULTUR World Choir Council

• Founder of South African Vocal Ensemble
• Founder of Drumming and Umakhweyane ensemble
• Director of the University of Zululand Choir and voice lecturer
• Seasoned adjudicator on choral and cultural music

• Receiver of the 1996 Elizabeth Cornell/Samro Award,for Best Voice Student at Wits University
• One of the founder members of the South African Tertiary Institutions Choral Association
• A fully recognised,dedicated contributor towards discovering and unleashing singing talent in Southern African Schools(Workshop facilitator, adjudicator and trainer)
• Member of the panel of adjudicators,for the leading Southern African Eisteddfod-The Old Mutual National Choir Festival

• Professor of Choral Music Education at Florida State University
• Artistic Director of the Tallahassee Community Chorus
• Author, composer, arranger and two instructional videos
• Robert Shaw Award (highest honor bestowed by ACDA)
• Lifetime Achievement award NCCO
• Extensive international conducting and adjudicating credits

• Choir Development Officer of ABC Motsepe Schools Choral Eisteddfod (Buffalo City Metropolitan District)
• Co-Founder and President of Euphoric Utterances Chorale (EUCHO)
• Conductor of Uviwe Senior Secondary School
• Silver Medallist at ATKV Applous with Uviwe Senior Secondary School Choir (2013)
• Province of the Eastern Cape’s Representative with Uviwe Senior Secondary School Choir at ABC Motsepe Schools Choral Eisteddfod (2017)
• Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of SIA Music Promotions

• For 25 years she was Founder and Director of the multi-cultural “Nelson Mandela
  University Choir” (formerly NNMU Choir) selected to perform e.g. as guest choir at the fi rst IFCM World Choir Expo – China/Macao SAR in 2015
• She pioneered and elevated the performance of authentic, traditional African Music to a theatrical level
• First prize winner of the „Internationaler Chorwettbewerb“ in Spittal an der Drau, Austria in 2009
• She started the Choral Conducting Department at the Nelson Mandela University with the late Kare Hanken and the Norges Korforbund, Norway in 2000 to empower formerly disadvantaged teachers and create a platform for young talented conductors nationally
• Member of the Artistic Committee of the 12th IFCM World Choral Symposium,
  Barcelona in 2017

• Founder, Musical Director and Trustee of Barnsley Youth Choir. Founder and Artistic Director of Barnsley Singers
• Deputy Director of Education for the Astrea Trust (20 schools). Worked as an Advanced Skills Teacher and Advisory Teacher and has worked in over 100 schools and Universities
• A composer and arranger
• In demand as a clinician and workshop leader and has worked throughout Great Britain, Sweden, Spain, Russia, France and South Africa working with choirs and conductors from across the world

• Founder of The Esoterics, a professional-caliber chamber choir in Seattle that specializes in contemporary choral music, director of this ensemble for 25 years
• Holds Masters and Doctoral degrees in Choral Conducting and Music Theory from Yale and the University of Washington
• Fulbright Fellow in choral music in Stockholm, performed with Swedish Radio Choir and Eric Ericson Kammarkör
• Winner of the 2010 Dale Warland Singers Commission, as well as awards from Chorus America, New Music USA, and the National Endowment for the Arts

• Founder and Artistic Director of “Estudio Coral Meridies”, an award winning-choir that has represented Latin America in several international festivals
• Conductor of children and youth choirs at the “Instituto Coral de Santa Fe”, Argentina
• Jury member and clinician at numerous international festivals in Europe and Latin America.
• Professor of Choral conducting at “Tactus – Grupo de Estudio de Dirección Coral”
• Various publications on Latin American choral music and editor of the coral series “Latin American Choral Music” (Música Coral Latinoamericana)

• Founder and Artistic Director of the chamber choir “Maulbronner Kammerchor” and
  the “Kantorei Maulbronn” until 2016 and from 1979 until 2013 Artistic Director of the
  “Festival Klosterkonzerte Maulbronn”
• Recorded more than 20 CDs with the “Maulbronner Kammerchor”, including 10 oratorios by G.F. Händel and was awarded the Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Ring 2013
• Chair of the advisory board of the German Music Council and Artistic Leader and Chairman of the jury of the “Deutscher Chorwettbewerb” from 2002 - 2020
• Since 2014 Artistic Director of the “Internationaler Kammerchor-Wettbewerb Marktoberdorf”
• Chair of the advisory board of the “Bundesjugendchor of Germany”, recently founded by the German Music Council

• Vice President of China Chorus Association and director of Mass Chorus Committee of
  Chinese Choral Association
• President of Guangdong Choral Association and President of Shenzhen Choral Society
• Founder and Director of Guangdong International Choral Pedagogic Education Project
• Directed many choirs, which have won champion titles in numerous choral contests, both home and abroad in recent years

• Pianist, choral director, music educator, intellectual property lawyer, adjudicator.
• Founder of Soul Sounds, Sri Lanka's premiere female ensemble, and Soul Sounds Academy, one of Sri Lanka's leading music educational institutions.
• She pursued her music education at the Royal College of Music, London, specializing in piano performance and piano accompaniment.
• She completed her masters in law at University of California, Berkeley, specializing in entertainment law.
• She was one of the judges for the franchised talent show "Sri Lanka's Got Talent". Soundarie plays an important role in the promotion of culture and arts in Sri Lanka and the region.
• Her awards include the SAARC Women of Achievement Award, the Zonta Award, the Bunka Award presented by the Japan/Sri Lanka Association and most recently the Women in Management Award 2019/2020 for Arts and Creative Industry.

composer, conductor, associate professor, adjudicator

• Associate Professor of choral and orchestral conducting at the Jerusalem  Academy of Music, Israel
• Composer of more than 100 compositions, including choral and chamber music, operas, concerti, oratorios and symphonic music, many of which have been performed not only in Israel, but worldwide
• Received the Life Achievement award of ACUM (Authors and Composers in Israel) in 2008 for life's contribution to Israeli music as conductor, composer and pedagogue

clinician, adjudicator, choral educator

• Principal Conductor of Gondwana Chorale (national youth choir)
• Associate Director of Voices of Birralee and conductor of Birralee Blokes and Resonance of Birralee
• secondary school choral director at Brisbane Girls Grammar School
• awarded a Medal in the Order of Australia for services to choral music in Australia

• Professor at the Faculty of Music and Visual Arts - University of Pécs, teaching choral conducting and the Kodály method.
• Conductor of the Béla Bartók Male Choir and the University Choir of Pécs as well as one of the conductors of the EuroChoir 2013 session.
• Artistic leader of the highly acclaimed European Winesong Festivals organized for male choirs.
• In 2007 he was awarded the Liszt-Prize, the highest distinction for performing artists in Hungary.

• Choral composer and arranger; her music has been internationally sung by many well-known vocal groups and choirs such as Rajaton, King‘s Singers, Cantus
• Experienced music teacher, choral conductor and a grounder of the Vivace Choirs and Ocarina Choirs; actively co-operating with many choral theme projects
• Lecturer and teacher of composing master classes, clinician specially with rhythm and creativity in choirs Adjudicators

• Director of Macedonia University of Thessaloniki School of Music Science & Art Choirs and Head of Choral Conducting Studies
• Founding Artistic Director of the Ss. Cyril & Methodios Choral Organization, renowned for its many international distinctions and regular collaboration with Thessaloniki State Orchestra and Opera
• Artistic Director of the "Thessaloniki Concert Hall" Children & Youth Choirs' Festival
• International adjudicator, lecturer and author of choral text books and choral score editions
• Member of the INTERKULTUR World Choir Council.

• Chairman of the Children’s Chorus Committee of China
• Deputy Director of the Artistic Committee of China Chorus Association
• Director of the “China Broadcasting Children’s Chorus” (China National Radio) since 1983
• Jury member of the World Choir Games since 2008

• Graduate of several masterclasses, including masterclasses under Bachakademie Stuttgart with Prof. Helmuth Rilling.
• His professors of conducting were Professor Jiří Skopal (University of Hradec Králové) and Doctor Vlastislav Novák (Conservatory Pardubice).
• Founder and conductor of the "Bonifantes Boys Choir".
• Has been presented with a number of awards for outstanding conducting performance and his choir won dozens of gold medals at various international competitions.
• Artistic director of a professional ensemble "Czech Soloist Consort".
• Involved in composing activities and acknowledged by experts for his interpretation of 20th century music and for historically authentic interpretation of baroque music.

• Donka Miteva studied orchestra conducting at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf and Choral conducting at the State Academy of Music in Sofia.
• She was awarded scholarships from the Richard Wagner Society, the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, the European Academy Montepulciano and the Noel Minet Foundation.
• Donka Miteva worked with numerous ensembles in Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Czech republic, Hungary, Portugal , China, South Africa a.o.
• 2007 – 2011 she was a Conductor and Choir Director at the State Opera in Münster, Germany.
• She was awarded the 1st Prize at the 7th Int. Competition for young conductors in St. Petersburg, the 3rd Prize at the 5th Int. Conducting Competition Jeunesse Musicales in Bucharest a.o.
• Since October 2011 Donka Miteva is appointed Artistic Director and Conductor of Collegium Musicum Berlin where she conducts two Symphony Orchestras, an Oratorio Choir and a chamber choir.
• Member of the INTERKULTUR World Choir Council.

• Artistic Director at INTERKULTUR, Germany.
• Teacher of Jazz piano and Choir at Yeongnam University in Daegu, South-Korea.
• Founder and conductor of the Daegu Jazz Singers in Daegu, South Korea.
• International adjudicator, clinician-, seminar- and workshop-leader.
• Former conductor and artistic director of student Vocal Jazz Group „Dekoor“ and the Student Symphonic Choir and Orchestra (USKO) of the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands.
• Former professor for Choral Conducting at the Conservatory of Alkmaar and Vocal Jazz at the Conservatory of Rotterdam (The Netherlands).
• Member of INTERKULTUR World Choir Council

• Studied music since he was 6 years old and conducted choirs and music bands since he was a teenager
• Studied in various workshops and masterclasses about choral/orchestral conducting and vocal techniques, both in Portugal and abroad, along with the most influential conductors worldwide
• During his musical studies graduated in management and public administration at Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas (ISCSP)
• Due to his work as an Artistic Director, he has developed an intensive and passionate career in different choral events and workshops
• Involved in different national (radio, TV and cinema) and international projects and is project founder of "VOX LACI"
• Member of the INTERKULTUR World Choir Council

• President of the Philippine Choral Directors Association
• Associate Professor of Music at the University of the Philippines
• Artistic Director of the International Bamboo Organ Festival
• Received Doctor of Musical Arts from University of Michigan
• Received Master of Music from Yale University

• Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the “Chamber Choir of the Moscow Conservatory”, Professor at the Choral Conducting Department, Dean of the Offi ce for Foreign Students’ Affairs of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory
• Artistic Director of the International Festivals of Moscow Conservatory: Autumn Choral Festival named after Prof. Boris Tevlin, Dedicated to the Victory Day, The Sealed Angel, Born in Russia
• Artistic Director of the State Choir of Tula region and Professor at the Choral Conducting Department of Moscow State Institute of Music named after A.G. Schnittke
• President of Creative Initiatives Development Fund
• Head of the Association of Folk and Choral Groups of the Russian Musical Union

• Founder and Music Director of the internationally known Indonesian Children and Youth Choir "Cordana"
• Chairman of the National Foundation for the Development of Choral Music in Indonesia and Member of Advisory of the Foundation of Church Music – YAMUGER
• International and national juror and clinician
• Has travelled through the provinces in Indonesia training choirs and conductors
• Member of the INTERKULTUR World Choir Council

conductor, pedagogue, clinician

• Artistic Director/Conductor, SYC Ensemble Singers
• Cultural Medallion 2012 recipient, Singapore’s highest arts accolade, awarded by the President of Singapore
• World Choir Council member, representing Singapore
• Coordinator, Asia Pacific Working Committee, International Federation for Choral Music

• Head of Vocal Studies & Senior Lecturer at The South African College of Music in the University of Cape Town
• A baritone, singing teacher, esteemed adjudicator, music clinician, choral enthusiast, conductor, mentor
• Conductor of the UCT Cantiamo and former conductor of the Simon Estes Choral Group

• Choir conductor, teacher, international juror at choral competitions and guest conductor
• Professor of Choral Conducting at the Faculty of Music at the National University of Mexico
• Founder, Conductor and Artistic Director of "Staccato", the choir of the National University of Mexico, which has received some prizes in international competitions
• Interested in the choral repertoire of this moment and specialist in Latin American choral repertoire
• Member of the INTERKULTUR World Choir Council

• Artistic Director of INTERKULTUR
• Professor of choral conducting study program at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music since 1987
• Chief conductor and Artistic Director of “Jāzeps Mediņš Rīga 1st Music School Boys’ Choir” and principal conductor of the Latvian University female choir named “Minjona” since 1990
• One of the chief conductors of the Latvian Nationwide Song Celebration (in 1993, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2013 and 2018)
• In 2008 received the highest civil decoration in Latvia – “The Order of the Three Stars”.
• Member of the INTERKULTUR World Choir Council

• Artistic Director and Conductor of "Fontys Jazz Choir", winner of the Jazz Category at the 9th World Choir Games in Sochi 2016
• Academic teacher of ensemble conducting at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and Fontys School of Music and Performing Arts Tilburg
• Recognized adjudicator, clinician, coach and arranger in the choral world of pop and jazz
• Member of the INTERKULTUR World Choir Council

• Professor of conducting in Central Conservatory of Music
• Vice-Chairman of China Chorus Association
• Principal Conductor of Tianjin Symphony Orchestra
• Director and Resident Conductor of Beijing Philharmonic Choir
• Member of the INTERKULTUR World Choir Council