MASTERCLASS WITH FLORIAN HELGATH AND STUDIO CHOIR ZÜRCHER SING-AKADEMIE
01 - 04 October 2026, Leipzig
This chor.com-masterclass in choral conducting with Florian Helgath covers various aspects of working with choirs. The focus is on developing and refining conducting skills, gestures and rehearsal techniques using a variety of works from the Romantic to the Modern periods.
Participants will have the opportunity to put what they have learned into practice with the Zürcher Sing-Akademie. A concert in Leipzig, conducted by the participants themselves, will conclude the masterclass on Sunday, 4 October 2026.
Florian Helgath has established himself internationally as one of the leading choral conductors. As Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of Chorwerk Ruhr and the Zürcher Sing-Akademie, he has shaped the ensembles into top international choirs of the highest calibre, both with a cappella music as well as in the field of choral symphonies. In 2020, Florian Helgath was appointed Professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne. Since 2024 he has been Professor of Choral Conducting at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Munich.
For the Zürcher Sing-Akademie, tonal excellence and musical expression are paramount. Since its founding in 2011, the ensemble has grown to become an established fixture in the professional choral world in Europe. Since the season 2017-18, Florian Helgath has been shaping the choir's profile as its artistic director.
REPERTOIRE
The repertoire includes a cappella literature from Romanticism to Modernism. Detailed information will be announced in due course.
APPLICATIONS FOR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
PARTICIPANTS
This masterclass is aimed at choral conducting students and choir directors who wish to refine and develop their conducting, gestures and rehearsal didactics. The number of active participants is limited to six to eight people. Selected parts of the masterclass will also be open to passive participants (listeners).
The masterclass is held in German.
PRICES
Participation in this masterclass is covered by price of the chor.com full-access ticket (Gesamtticket) €360 normal price, €180 reduced rate*, as well as €200 / reduced rate €100* for active participation. The full-access tickets are valid for all workshops and entitle the holder to purchase concert tickets at a special price of €5 (subject to availability and prior booking). One-day tickets do not entitle the holder to active participation in masterclasses.
Board and lodgings are not included in the price of the ticket and must be organised independently. Full-access tickets are available at www.chor.com/tickets or at the chor.com event itself.
*for students, pupils, unemployed persons, trainees, participants in the German Federal Volunteer Service, persons doing military or civilian service, persons with disabilities with a degree of 50 or more, subject to valid ID
PLEASE INCLUDE IN YOUR APPLICATION
To apply as an active participant in the masterclass, please fill out the relevant application form. Please include:
- a CV
- two short videos (max. 5 minutes) of a choir rehearsal or concert featuring works of different styles
Links to YouTube and other online platforms are welcomed. Alternatively, you may send a DVD via postal service to: Deutscher Chorverband e. V., chor.com/Masterclass Helgath, Karl-Marx-Str. 145, 12043 Berlin, Germany
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS
The closing date for applications is 30 June 2026. A selection of the participants will be made by mid- August 2026.
PASSIV PARTICIPATION
Registered full-access participants of the chor.com can also passively participate in public sessions of the masterclasses without applying. For these time slots, a chor.com ticket (full-access ticket or day ticket) is a prerequisite as is the registration which is part of the workshop bookings.
CONTACT AND ENQUIRIES
Maike Fiedler
Deutscher Chorverband e. V.
Karl-Marx-Straße 145, 12043 Berlin, Deutschland
projektbuero[at]deutscher-chorverband.de, Tel. 030 847108930
