Ralf Eisenbeiß was born in 1952 in Zeulenroda. After his secondary school examination he studied pedagogy, German philology and musical education. He received his PhD in 1979 at the Pedagogical University of Zwickau. From 1978 to 1981, he studied choir and orchestra conducting at the Franz Liszt Conservatory in Weimar.

Ralf Eisenbeiß was working as the director of the choral department at the Pedagogical University in Zwickau and appointed professor for choir conducting and choral singing in 1987. He was conductor of the renowned Pedagogical University Zwickau Choir. With his choir he performed a wide repertoire of compositions for a cappella choirs and with orchestra, too. Under his direction the choir won numerous prizes at national and international choir competitions.

Ralf Eisenbeiß was lecturer at the central seminar for choral conductors in Berlin and organized numerous workshops himself. He often appears as guest conductor at home and abroad. Since almost 30 years he works as artistic director of INTERKULTUR. Ralf Eisenbeiß is founder of the Int. Robert Schumann Choir Competition in Zwickau and one of the founders of the World Choir Games. Since 1992 he was responsible for more than 150 international competitions of INTERKULTUR in Germany, Italy, Korea, Indonesia, China, Austria, Spain, USA and other countries. Ralf Eisenbeiß is very often invited as a juror in national and other international choir competitions all over the world.

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Christian Ljunggren was born in 1942. He studied music at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm as well as musicology and theology at the University of Uppsala. For many years he worked at the Music Department of the Swedish National Broadcasting Company, and was responsible for the presentation and programming regarding music.

He was the conductor of the Adolf Fredrik Madrigal Choir since their foundation (1965 and 1974). He was the first President of the Swedish Choral Directors Association (1986 – 1998) and President of KÖRSAM, the joint committee of the Swedish choral organisations (1997 – 2004). From 1997-1999  he worked for the of IFCM, the International Federation for Choral Music, as the Secretary General from 1997-1999 and as a liaison officer (until 2005).

He was one of the Artistic Directors of INTERKULTUR and the Artistic Director of the World Choir Games. Due to his engagement as a clinician for seminars and workshops around the world and having built up the INTERKULTUR series of seminars in China the Swede gained growing recognition since 2003.

Christian Ljunggren has written numerous articles in Swedish and international magazines and was also a keen arranger of choral music.

Angela Stevens a dynamic choral conductor, teacher and adjudicator, was born in South Africa. Her long and varied International career took her to Oman where she mastered styles and techniques of Arabic music before moving to Germany where she has been the Head of Music at the Internationale Friendensschule in Cologne for the past four years.

Angela Stevens holds her Masters in Music Education and is an innovative conductor who brings ethnic and cultural diversity to her many choirs while instilling a love and appreciation of music to all those with whom she is associated.

As the former conductor of the Kearsney College Choir, South Africa, she was responsible for their being crowned Olympic Champions of Folklore in 2000 and 2004 at the World Choir Games in Linz and Bremen respectively. Angela Stevens and her choir were awarded the prestigious Prize of the City of Vienna in 2004, amongst many other accolades both in Europe and Asia.

Angela Stevens was the Vice President of the KwaZulu Natal Youth Choir and advisor to the Artistic Director. She has led many diverse choral workshops both in South Africa, Germany and Switzerland amongst others. Angela Stevens has been adjudicating for Interkultur since 2007.

Peter Schmitt holds a degree in music education from the Hochschule fuer Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt, Germany, where he studied choral conducting with Professor Uwe Gronostay. In addition, he participated in many workshops and masterclasses with renowned choral conductors.

At the Liebig School, Peter serves as the director of choral activities and teaches general music classes in grades 5 through 13.

He has also been working with several choirs in and around Giessen: “Saengerkranz” Watzenborn-Steinberg, “Harmonie” Daubringen, and the chamber choir “Klangfarben Giessen”.

Peter is sought after as a clinician at festivals and frequently serves as juror at choir competitions. In addition, he has won many prizes with his own choirs at regional and international competitions, most notably first prizes at international choral festivals in Linz, Austria, and Wernigerode, Germany, as well as first prize at the Choir Competition of Hessen in 2013.

In November 2014, the choir of the Liebig School sang under his direction at the Memorial Day Celebration of the German Parliament, which was broadcasted live on ZDF, one of the biggest German television channels.

- in memoriam -

Christian Ljunggren was born in 1942. He studied music at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm as well as musicology and theology at the University of Uppsala. For many years he worked at the Music Department of the Swedish National Broadcasting Company, and was responsible for the presentation and programming regarding music.

He was the conductor of the Adolf Fredrik Madrigal Choir since their foundation (1965 and 1974). He was the first President of the Swedish Choral Directors Association (1986 – 1998) and President of KÖRSAM, the joint committee of the Swedish choral organisations (1997 – 2004). From 1997-1999  he worked for the of IFCM, the International Federation for Choral Music, as the Secretary General from 1997-1999 and as a liaison officer (until 2005).

He was one of the Artistic Directors of INTERKULTUR and the Artistic Director of the World Choir Games. Due to his engagement as a clinician for seminars and workshops around the world and having built up the INTERKULTUR series of seminars in China the Swede gained growing recognition since 2003.

Christian Ljunggren has written numerous articles in Swedish and international magazines and was also a keen arranger of choral music.