Wernigerode 2015 - Program Book
International Johannes Brahms Choir Festival and Competition July 15 - 19, 2015 | Wernigerode, Germany The man after whom the festival is named for, Johannes Brahms, and the German Romantics of the 19th century, will be a focal point. This event offers interested choirs excellent opportunities to learn together and refine their specialist skills with coaching concerts and rehearsals with recognized international choral experts. We explicitly invite choirs and ensembles of all kinds who prefer not to take part in competition but like to give concerts in Wernigerode and other regional communities. The festival will provide ample opportunities for groups to perform their repertoires to an interested audience, whether they are specialized in choral, orchestral or folk music. Wernigerode is a town with a very special flair. It is a gem of medieval architecture located on the foot of the low mountain range of the Harz. There is hardly any other town with so many magnificent semi-timbered houses – a feast for your eyes. And it is an excellent stage for the parade and opening ceremony and further open air events
International Johannes Brahms Choir Festival and Competition
July 15 - 19, 2015 | Wernigerode, Germany
The man after whom the festival is named for, Johannes Brahms, and the German Romantics of the 19th century, will be a focal point.
This event offers interested choirs excellent opportunities to learn together and refine their specialist skills with coaching concerts and rehearsals with recognized international choral experts. We explicitly invite choirs and ensembles of all kinds who prefer not to take part in competition but like to give concerts in Wernigerode and other regional communities. The festival will provide ample opportunities for groups to perform their repertoires to an interested audience, whether they are specialized in choral, orchestral or folk music.
Wernigerode is a town with a very special flair. It is a gem of medieval architecture located on the foot of the low mountain range of the Harz. There is hardly any other town with so many magnificent semi-timbered houses – a feast for your eyes. And it is an excellent stage for the parade and opening ceremony and further open air events
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Künstlerisches Komitee & Jury / Artistic Committee & Jury35Deutschland / GermanyRalf EisenbeißDirektor des Künstlerischen Komitees /Director of the Artistic CommitteeDr. Ralf Eisenbeiß wurde 1952 in Zeulenrodageboren. Nach dem Abitur studierte er an derPädagogischen Hochschule Zwickau Pädagogik,Germanistik und Musikerziehung. Er promovierte1979 zum Dr. phil. Von 1978 – 1981studierte er an der Musikhochschule “FranzLiszt” in Weimar Chor- und Orchesterdirigieren.Als Inhaber des Lehrstuhles Chorleitung undChorgesang an der Pädagogischen Hochschulein Zwickau wurde Ralf Eisenbeiß 1987 zum Professorberufen. Er war Leiter des Chores dieserEinrichtung, der im In- und Ausland bekanntwar und bei nationalen und internationalenWettbewerben zahlreiche Preise gewann.Ralf Eisenbeiß war Dozent beim ZentralenChorleiterseminar in Berlin und leitete selbstzahlreiche Seminare. Er ist häufig Gastdirigentim In- und Ausland, so unter anderem in Vancouver(Kanada) und Shaoxing (China). Er dirigierteverschiedene Orchester in Deutschlandund im Ausland, darunter Österreich, Lettland,Korea, Indonesien und China.Seit mehr als 20 Jahren ist er künstlerischerDirektor von INTERKULTUR. Er gründete denInt. Robert-Schumann-Chorwettbewerb inZwickau und ist Mitbegründer der WorldChoir Games. Bisher war er künstlerisch in derVerantwortung für etwa 120 internationaleWettbewerbe. Ralf Eisenbeiß wurde sehr oftals Juror von nationalen und internationalenChorwettbewerben in der ganzen Welt eingeladen.Dr. Ralf Eisenbeiß was born in 1952 in Zeulenroda.After his German Abitur he studied pedagogy,German philology and musical education.He received his PhD in 1979 at the PedagogicalUniversity of Zwickau. From 1978 to 1981, hestudied choir and orchestra conducting at theFranz Liszt Conservatory in Weimar.Ralf Eisenbeiß was working as the director ofthe choral department at the Pedagogical Universityin Zwickau and appointed professor forchoir conducting and choral singing in 1987.He was conductor of the renowned PedagogicalUniversity Zwickau Choir. Under his directionthe choir won numerous prizes at nationaland international choir competitions.Ralf Eisenbeiß was lecturer at the central seminarfor choral conductors in Berlin and organisednumerous workshops himself. He often appearsas guest conductor at home and abroadso for example in Vancouver (Canada) and Shaoxing(China). He conducted several orchestrasin Germany and abroad, i.a. in Austria, Latvia,Korea, Indonesia and China.Since more than 20 years he has been workingas artistic director of INTERKULTUR. Ralf Eisenbeißis founder of the Int. Robert SchumannChoir Competition in Zwickau and one of thefounders of the World Choir Games. Since 1992he was responsible for over one hundred andtwenty international competitions of INTER-KULTUR worldwide. Ralf Eisenbeiß was veryoften invited as a juror in national and internationalchoir competitions all over the world.
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