COACHING
“New impulses for sound, community and expression.”
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Oskar Egle
Oskar Egle is a choir director and music educator from Vorarlberg. His choirs have consistently achieved excellent results at both Vorarlberg and international competitions. Oskar Egle is a speaker at singing seminars and choir conducting courses, as well as a juror both at home and abroad.
Dates: May 14, 2026 | 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m
May 15, 2026 | 12:00-1:30 PM, 4:30-6:00 PM
Cost: € 300
Duration: 1.5 hours
Location: JJFux Conservatory
Sebastijan Vrhovnik
Sebastjan Vrhovnik is a music educator and choir director. Since 2014, he has been an associate professor of choral conducting in Ljubljana, leads workshops at home and abroad, and regularly serves as a juror at competitions. He conducts the Chamber Choir of the Ljubljana Academy of Music, the Mixed Choir of Glasbena matica Ljubljana, and, as a regular guest, the Choir of the Slovenian Philharmonic. His work is characterized by high musical sensitivity, a refined choral sound, and an innovative repertoire that brings new impulses to the Slovenian choral scene.
Dates: May 16, 2026 | 10:00-11:30
Cost: € 300
Duration: 1.5 hours
Location: JJFux Conservatory
© Sebastjan Vrhovnik
© Tamara Jarnig
Sonja Prugger
Sonja Prugger (née Moser) is a music and dance teacher (Orff Institute/Mozarteum) and a certified percussionist. Important milestones in her musical career included a stay at Berklee College in Boston and master classes with international luminaries such as Thomas Caplin, André de Quadros, and Eric Whitacre. She has directed, among others, the Carinthian State Youth Choir, founded the project choir VocaRhythmix, and completed the international master's program in "Vocal Leadership" in Denmark in 2016. Today, she works as a choir director, coach, and workshop leader in Carinthia and beyond, focusing on rhythm, body percussion, and improvisation. She is also involved with children's and youth choirs, leading workshops and continuing education programs.
Dates: May 15, 2026 | 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m
Cost: € 300
Duration: 1.5 hours
Location: JJFux Conservatory
Tori Longdon
Tori Longdon is Associate Chorus Director of the London Philharmonic Choir and Principal Conductor of the Covent Garden Chorus. She gained international recognition at the Coronation Concert of King Charles III, where she coached 18 choirs from across the UK. She conducts concerts and masterclasses worldwide, has taught at the Royal Academy of Music and the Junior Guildhall Conservatoire, and regularly participates in BBC programs such as Songs of Praise and The Choir. Together with Jamie Wright, she founded the international Stay At Home Choir, which has over 29,000 singers.
Dates: May 14, 2026 | 1:00-2:30 p.m., 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m
May 15, 2026 | 10:00-11:30, 12:00-13:30
May 16, 2026 | 10:00-11:30
Cost: € 300
Duration: 1.5 hours
Location: JJFux Conservatory
© Tori Longdon
© Rainer Held
Rainer Held
Since his youth, Rainer Held has conducted amateur and professional choirs in Germany, Belarus, Poland, Venezuela, Japan, and South Korea. In Switzerland, he currently conducts, among others, the large Romansh male choir 'Chor viril Sursés-Savognin'.
Rainer Held has made a name for himself through worldwide engagements as an orchestra conductor, including with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London, Royal Scottish National Orchestra Glasgow, German State Philharmonic Orchestra Rhineland-Palatinate, etc.
Held was for many years president of the music commission of the Swiss Choral Association SCV and a member of the music commission of the "ECA – Europa Cantat" as well as a member of the artistic committee of the Europa Cantat Festivals 2012 Turin and 2015 Pécs.
Dates: May 14, 2026 | 10:30-12:00, 15:00-16:30
May 15, 2026 | 2:00-3:30 PM
May 16, 2026 | 12:00-1:30 PM
Cost: € 300
Duration: 1.5 hours
Location: JJFux Conservatory