PROGRAM
May 13-17, 2026
WEDNESDAY 13.5.2026
5-8 pm Masterclass Vocal Music with Simone Kopmajer | JJFux Cons.
7-8.30 pm Masterclass Conducting with Jan Schumacher | JJFux Cons.
6 pm Opening of the Long Night of Choirs | Landhaushof
7 - 9 pm Long Night of Choirs | Old Town
8.30 pm Finale | Landhaushof
THURSDAY 14.5.2026
9 am-4 pm Masterclass Conducting with Jan Schumacher | JJF Cons.
9 am-6.40 pm Masterclass Vocal Music with Simone Kopmajer | JJF Cons.
10 -11.45 am Masterclass Composition with Eriks Ešenvalds
3-4.30 pm Masterclass Composition with Tori Longdon | JJF Cons.
09-10 am Workshop "Rhythm you have to move to" with Sonja Prugger | JJF Cons.
10.15-11.15 am Workshop "Supercharge your Choir" with Tori Longdon | JJF Cons.
11.30 am-12.30 am Workshop "Sound & Groove" with Agnes Hassler | JJF Cons.
12.45 am -1.45 pm Workshop "Northern Lights" with Eriks Ešenvalds | JJF Cons.
3-4.30 pm Intensive workshop "VocaRhythmix" with Sonja Prugger | JJF Cons.
1.30-4.30 pm Rehearsal Project Choir Pop/Jazz | Musikgymnasium, Dreihackengasse
5-6.30 pm Opening concert with all participating choirs | Stefaniensaal
8-9.30 pm Gala concert "Passio & Resurrection" with the Vocalforum Graz, Choir of the Slovenian Philharmonic and the String Orchestra of the JJF Conservatory | Stefaniensaal
FRIDAY 15.5.2026
9.30 am-6 pm Masterclass Conducting with Jan Schumacher |
JJF Conservatory
9 am-2 pm Masterclass Vocal Music with Simone Kopmajer | JJF Cons.
6.30 pm -8 pm Masterclass Composition with Eriks Ešenvalds | JJF Cons.
10 am- 1.30 pm and 7-9 pm Masterclass Conducting with Tori Longdon | JJF Cons.
9.30-12:00 am Rehearsal Project Choir Pop/Jazz | Musikgymnasium, Dreihackengasse
9.30-12.00 am and 1.30-4 pm Rehearsal of the Mixed Voices Project Choir | Festsaal of the Andräkirche
9.30-12.00 am and 1.30-4 pm Rehearsal Project Choir Esenvalds | Bernhardinsaal
2-3.30 pm Dress rehearsal Project Choir Pop/Jazz | Andräkirche
6-7.30 pm Concert " Vocal Music " with participants of the Masterclass Vocal Music and festival choirs | JJF Kons.
5-6.30 pm Concert of youth choirs with participating choirs | Andräkirche
8-10 pm Concert "Sound & Groove" with the Pop/Jazz Project Choir and participating choirs | Andräkirche
7 pm Concert "Out of Graz" with the Stiwoll church choir and participating choirs , Stiwoll
SATURDAY 16.5.2026
9.30-11.30am Masterclass Conducting with Jan Schumacher | JJF Kons.
11 am-1 pm Concert of the Festival Choirs | Landhaushof
(in case of rain, Bernhardinsaal)
1-1.30 pm Sing Together | Landhaushof
(in case of rain, Bernhardinsaal)
12.30 am-1.30 pm Dress rehearsal Masterclass | Andräkirche
2-3.30 pm Dress rehearsal of the Mixed Voices project choir | Andräkirche
3.30-5 pm Dress rehearsal Project Choir Esenvalds |
Schutzengelkirche
4.30-6 pm Concert Masterclass with all participants of the Mixed Voices project choir, the Conducting Masterclass and the Cantanima studio choir | Andräkirche
8-9.30 pm Concert "Heaven & Earth" with the Austrian Youth Choir, the Vocalforum Graz and the Esenvalds Project Choir | Schutzengelkirche
