CONCERTS
BFV fans can once again look forward to four great evening concerts in the wonderful courtyard of the historic Talvogtei – as well as the matinee in St. Gallus Church. For families and children, Young Black Forest Voices offers great entertainment on Saturday and Sunday – always close to our festival meadow, where you can eat and drink in comfort before and after. Other great concerts take place free of charge as part of our Sounds of Kirchzarten in the Talvogtei, on the Schalampi stage or in the foyer of the Caritas Seniorenzentrum.
The Black Forest Voices idea of encounters at eye level runs through all concerts: Local artists perform together with (inter)national artists, vocal bands with choirs, older people with younger people or coaches with coached people – and inspire their audience with their skills and their enjoyment of the one thing that unites us all: music!
The concerts take place without intermission.
Guest at the senior center
Th., 13.06.2024 | 4:30 - 5:15 PM | Seniorenzentrum Foyer | free
Black Forest Voices cordially invites the residents, their visitors and relatives as well as the staff of the Caritas Senior Center to listen and sing along! Lyrics sheets will be distributed!
Nebensache – six singers who transport their audience to faraway lands with their voices, give them goosebumps and inspire them with powerful, mouthwatering beats. They sing about the main things in life: love, friendship, pain and happiness, packaged in different genres. For them, music is the second most beautiful thing in the world.
FUTURE NIGHT
Thursday, June 13, 2024, 8 PM, Talvogtei Kirchzarten, sold out
The vocalband anders was a participant in the BFV Coaching Camp 2022 and demonstrates the high quality of our coaching bands and ensembles ... and is the perfect link to the four ensembles that made it into this year's coaching camp – they too are simply great! The evening will be hosted by "old" acquaintances: UNDUZO, whose members co-founded the Black Forest Voices Festival. There is also something for the audience to do: This year's festival song, composed by Klangbezirk, is another one where everyone can really sing along (a little).
UNDUZO
The multi-award-winning band UNDUZO (pronounced: und du so?) has been delighting audiences for over 10 years not only with a skillful blend of polyphonic and catchy melodies and a charming and witty stage show, but also with the profundity of their own lyrics, great musicality and excellent voices.
Best Before
Best Before - five voices and a beatbox from Munich who have dedicated themselves to the latest pop songs of our time with specially arranged a cappella versions. From Dua Lipa and Alicia Keys to Adele, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift - this ensemble transforms the latest chart-toppers into breathtaking vocal masterpieces. With great attention to detail, the well-known songs are blended with completely new ideas from the genres of jazz, rock, disco, funk, rap and classical music. Let yourself be enchanted by the rousing melodies and sounds and experience the incomparable energy and dynamics of the vocalists Susanne Schmid (soprano), Simone Fischer (mezzo-soprano), Johanna Straube (alto), Benedikt Perse (tenor), Christoph Nebas (bass) and Tobias Eisen (beatbox).
Baked Beans
Baked Beans - rousing barbershop and refreshing a cappella singing straight from Dresden.
Four passionate singers, united by the common desire for constant development in voice and performance. As members of the Jazzchor Dresden, they are well connected with highly motivated musicians and have already rocked numerous stages in front of enthusiastic audiences. Since the end of 2022, the four of them have been discovering the world of barbershop.
For them, the stage means more than just singing - it's the place where they bring their passion to life and captivate the audience with their music.
Four voices, one mission: at the band camp, they want to hone their performance together, explore new horizons and make the most of their talents with the professional support of the coaches.
Baked Beans - Mira, Beatrice, Patrick und Tim
dudap
dudap - 5 voices, 4 languages, 3 men, 2 women, 1 sound.
Whether craftswoman or academic, whether academic or craftsman, we have everything to offer. We are also very diverse in terms of age. But we have a common passion: polyphonic pop and jazz singing!
We sing songs from world-famous acappella bands as well as our own compositions. Do you also love good arrangements and a cultivated sound? Then you will hear from us.
Luzia Mantegazzi - Soprano
Tamara Zünd - Alto
Adam Szalkowski - Tenor/Bariton
Simon Gneist - Bariton/Tenor
Lucas Haldenwang - Bass
Elision
Elision is a semi-professional vocal group composed of talented singers from across the UK who come together to create fresh and exciting contemporary a cappella music. Having met in the competitive collegiate a cappella community, the group’s members share a wealth of experience competing and performing at a high level to both domestic and international audiences.
Since the group’s inception in May 2022, Elision has enjoyed regular appearances at UK a cappella events, as well as hosting their own showcase and releasing a debut EP entitled ‘Sign Here’; which was accompanied by a live ‘Vocal Room’ session in collaboration with the AC Product. More recently, the group has pursued opportunities to perform at private events which have taken them to a variety of venues including the V&A museum in London. Earlier this December, the group aimed to build on the success of their Halloween single (‘Calling All the Monsters’) by contributing to the season's festivities with their first original single - ‘How Christmas Used to Be’ - composed and arranged by the group’s musical director William Drake and brought to life by resident production engineer and group president, Adam Critchlow.
In 2024, Elision looks forward to impressing more audiences with brand-new offerings from their characteristic style of raucous a cappella music; watch this space!
Elision is the winner of the Tobi Hug Scholarship 2024.
anders
The vocal band anders from Freiburg describes itself as Germany's a cappella German poets. Their style: catchy melodies and intelligent lyrics. Anders write smart pop songs in German that take the a cappella form of performance seriously and are more than just instrument-imitating cover songs of current chart hits or nostalgic songs about the flora on the balcony. They not only delight their audiences at their own concerts, but have also opened for bands such as Revolverheld and Thees Uhlmann. With their new program "Kurzurlaub", the Freiburgers present what they do best: Songs that touch. And once again, across the board.
Choir Stage
Fr, 14.06.2024 | 6 - 7 PM | Schalampi-Bühne | free
Here, very special BFV friends present themselves, namely entire ensembles that travel to the festival – and now show what else they can do!
Jazzaffair
They are 24 women, 24 voices: With jazz standards like "Puttin' on the Ritz," a cappella songs with and without body percussion, and pop from Adele to Fiona Apple, Jazzaffair brings female power to the stage! They hold five to seven concerts annually – with a band or a cappella.
PolyPHonics
They are a student a cappella ensemble founded by Mathias Schillmöller in 2018 at the Heidelberg University of Education. Currently, it consists of 35 active singers. This year, they present their chart show featuring the best hits from Elvis Presley to Nina Chuba.
Senior Jazzchor
It is part of the "family" of Jazzchor Freiburg e.V. Their repertoire includes jazz and swing standards, as well as elements from pop, rock, and funk – many arranged by the choir director Julian Knörzer. At concerts, international workshops, and various choir competitions, you can see and hear: Rhythm, a spirit of experimentation, and enjoyment of sound, paired with experience – this is the recipe for success for the Seniors.
VOCAL EXPLOSION
Friday, June 14, 2024, 8 PM, Talvogtei Kirchzarten, fully booked
The Razzzones from Berlin are one of the most exciting bands and beatboxing formations of our time, also known from "The Voice of Germany". Their versatility, their beat and their show will get the audience out of their seats. The evening will also be made exciting by the performances of the four choirs that have made it into our coaching camp for choirs for the first time this year.
don camillo chor
The don camillo chor combines a jazz and pop feel with an authentic choral sound and is one of the best a cappella choirs in Germany. The ensemble has already won several awards, including third place at the German Choir Competition and a gold medal in the jazz category at the World Choir Games and, most recently, third place at the German Choir Festival in Leipzig.
National and international competitions and festivals have taken the Munich-based ensemble to Marktoberdorf (Musica Sacra Festival), Freyburg (Rotkäppchen Nacht der Chöre), Austria (vokal.total Graz), Denmark (Aarhus Vocal Festival) and Poland (International Choir Festival). A special feature is the variety of genres that the ensemble, under the direction of Philipp Weiß and his predecessors, has already incorporated into its repertoire on numerous occasions - mostly with arrangements tailor-made by choirmasters, choral singers or friends of the choir. In addition to pop and jazz numbers, there are also classical works and vocal excursions through hip-hop, hard rock and folk music to cluster-like, polyrhythmic, avant-garde soundscapes. The a cappella fairy tale "Kasimir's Adventures", written, composed and arranged by choir members themselves, was published as an audio book, performed several times and awarded the Leopold Media Prize by the Association of German Music Schools (www.kasimirsabenteuer.de) and even recognized as the creation of a new genre.
In the choir's long history, the approximately 35 singers have also gained experience in a wide variety of exciting projects such as opera productions, performances with big band or jazz combo, double concerts with renowned a cappella ensembles such as the Bonner Jazzchor and On Air, as well as many other inspiring musical encounters. The choir's mentors and long-standing accompanists include many big names in European choral and a cappella music, including Florian Helgath, Andrea Figallo and Matthias Becker. The choir celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2019.
perlemor
perlemor – modern a cappella
Wiesbaden is getting a new pop-jazz pearl under the direction of Morten Vinther Sørensen, the former baritone of the internationally renowned a cappella ensemble "The Real Group".
"Perlemor" means mother-of-pearl in Danish and for this ensemble stands for the shimmering, iridescent sound of soulful voices with rhythm & groove. The newcomers sing familiar and unfamiliar songs ranging from folk and pop to jazz and folk songs. Another intense experience for the ensemble is to create new pieces in the moment through improvisation.
The 20-member vocal ensemble has been rehearsing monthly in Wiesbaden since October 2022. The singing enthusiasts travel from all over the Rhine-Main region as well as from Cologne, Koblenz, Mannheim and Karlsruhe.
vode
vode is a young ensemble dedicated to a cappella pop and jazz. The name may be new, but the group behind it is not! Over 10 years of performing together in various formations (including the renowned jazz/pop choir Pop-Up) have brought us together not only musically but also personally. As an ensemble, we come together every year from all over Germany for project phases in which we develop our repertoire. We shape our current program with colorful sounds and sophisticated arrangements to create a multifaceted concert experience.
Bonner Jazzchor
The Bonn Jazz Choir has been delighting audiences with its unmistakable vocal jazz-pop for 20 years. The repertoire includes jazz and swing standards as well as singer-songwriter ballads, groovy funk, captivatingly different arrangements of German folk music and always a few new surprises. The eclectic mix of rapturous harmonies, laid-back groove and goosebump-inducing dynamics make the Bonn Jazz Choir what it is - and a crowd favorite ...not only in Bonn.
Since the ensemble was founded in 2003, the 50 or so singers have gone from strength to strength. In the meantime, they have enjoyed numerous national and international successes and have regularly performed live in their region and beyond the borders of the Rhineland. Highlights of their success include a 3rd prize at the German Choir Competition 2010, a 2nd prize at the international competition of the Aarhus Vocal Festival 2011, a 2nd prize at the German Choir Competition 2014 and a special prize at the German Choir Competition 2023. With "Bottle This Moment" (2013), "Take Me Outside" (2017) and "Der Stimme Zauber: Eine Storm-Trilogie" (2023), the choir has released 2 CDs and an EP to date. The ensemble received the "Runner-Up Best Folk/World Song" award at the 2014 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards in Boston for its folk song version of "Kein schöner Land".
In January 2020, Andrea Figallo took over the musical direction of the Bonn Jazz Choir - multiple Grammy and Cara-nominated singer, producer, arranger, choirmaster and popular coach and juror in the high-ranking international a cappella scene.
THE RAZZZONES
The Berlin beatboxing formation THE RAZZONES is one of the most innovative and exciting bands of our time. Four outstanding musicians who imitate and develop all instruments and sounds with their mouths and voices. They interpret well-known catchy tunes and their own songs with extraordinary virtuosity and the seemingly endless variety of their musical resources. This sound experience is created by four very different musicians who, with their versatility, offer a varied program that shines with surprises, wit and charm. The finest entertainment with sophisticated arrangements from the most diverse musical genres in the world - jazz, hip hop, R'nB, funk, techno, samba, oriental and much more. - which captivates, enthralls and inspires the audience.
Kirchzarten sings!
Sa, 15.06.2024 | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm | Schalampi-Bühne | free
We look forward to even more participation from choirs and ensembles from Kirchzarten, the Dreisamtal, and the Black Forest this year! They are versatile, excellent, dedicated, have fun – and showcase themselves to our international audience on our Schalampi stage.
different voices
They ensure engaging and diverse entertainment with voice, heart, humor, and originality. Pop songs in a cappella style, moments of reflection and poetry, evergreens and catchy tunes from days gone by with new Alemannic lyrics, interspersed with anecdotes for relaxation ... and during the ballads, the audience is encouraged to close their eyes, savoring the beautiful melodies with all their senses.
Jugendchor Rainbow
It is the slightly older part of the Kinder- und Jugendchor Rainbow (see below) and many of the teenagers have been singing together since their childhood – and even today, they are wholeheartedly (and, of course, with their voices!) engaged.
Die Zartener Chöre
They are celebrating their 75th anniversary this year. They consist of three choirs: the male voice choir, the mixed choir and the gospel choir "Zarduna Sing and Swing", which always work closely together and support each other in their performances and concerts. Their annual calendar includes a number of concerts, including the "Maisingen" and the "Stallweihnacht" around the Scheunenlädele in Zarten, "Kirchzarten sings!" at the BFV festival and the "Weihnachtserlebnis" in the Talvogtei.
MGV „Schwarzwald" Oberried
It has existed as an all-male choir since 1907 and is an institution in the cultural life of the community. With around 40 active singers, it stands for togetherness and musically sophisticated male singing. In 2022, it was recognized as a "performance choir" by the Baden Choir Association. Choir projects are both a change and an incentive. With the "Ohrwürmer" ensemble, a dozen men from the choir also dedicate themselves to a cappella singing in its modern form. Dr. Michael Weh has been the conductor for over 20 years.
PepChor
Around 40 women and men regularly gather for choir rehearsals under the direction of Tobias Jäck. The PepChor was founded in January 2010. The repertoire includes songs by Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Joe Cocker, ABBA, Leonard Cohen, the Comedian Harmonists, Mikis Theodorakis, and some classical pieces.
Viersam
The vocal quartet with Carola Steiert, Stefanie Janz, Claudius Heitz, and Wolfgang Schmid has been in existence for four years. The group regularly meets for rehearsals and has rehearsed a diverse repertoire of songs ranging from pop and folk to classical. Many of the arrangements are by Wolfgang Schmid. What drives them is the joy of singing together.
WHAT'S UP HOVERUP? BEATBOX MUSIC THEATER FOR CHILDREN
Family Concert
Saturday, June 15, 2024, 3 PM, Talvogtei Kirchzarten >> Tickets
In their songs, the four friends Sharkie, Ahja, Mitch and Connie talk about their adventures and the search for the Golden Clay. They bring something from everywhere: the Robodance by Aiuk Aiukuck, a battle from the German Beatbox Championship or travel tips to and from Hoverup. For 60 minutes, there will be singing, dancing, laughing and, of course, beatboxing: fresh beats, a potpourri of different noises and catchy tunes will delight the audience. Everything live, everything with the mouth. Particularly suitable for children aged 5 to 12.
RAZZZELBANDE
The Berlin beatboxing formation THE RAZZONES is one of the most innovative and exciting bands of our time. Four outstanding musicians who imitate and develop all instruments and sounds with their mouths and voices. They interpret well-known catchy tunes and their own songs with extraordinary virtuosity and the seemingly endless variety of their musical resources. This sound experience is created by four very different musicians who, with their versatility, offer a varied program that shines with surprises, wit and charm. The finest entertainment with sophisticated arrangements from the most diverse musical genres in the world - jazz, hip hop, R'nB, funk, techno, samba, oriental and much more. - which captivates, enthralls and inspires the audience.
Alemannic choir concert: “Chattered like sung“
Sa., 15. Juni | 6-6:45 PM | Schalampi-Bühne | free
Todays's concert – as part of our series 'Kirchzarten Sings!' – showcases choirs and ensembles from Kirchzarten, the Dreisamtal, and the Black Forest, performing Alemannic music and/or using Alemannic texts from the new cross-border Alemannic choir book 'Gschwetzt wie gsunge' (Alemannic dialect for “Chattered like sung“) by Timea Djerdj and Uli Führe. A truly special and unique event for our international audience!
Conducting: Timea Djerdj
Chorgemeinschaft Titisee-Jostal-Hinterzarten
The singers are predominantly Alemannic native speakers. In addition to regular performances at the Kurhaus in Hinterzarten, they also organize the Jostäler Open-Air Plays every four years at the Öhlermühle from 1772 in Jostal. Several singers have been singing in the choir for 50, 60, or even 70 years.
Jazzchor Vocalise
Under the direction of Stefan Rheidt, the choir has a special relationship with the Alemannic dialect: For many years, the ensemble has collaborated with the dialect poet Stefan Pflaum. Through numerous joint performances, a program has evolved featuring choir arrangements of Pflaum's texts and songs, as well as choral pieces translated into Alemannic dialect.
Die Zartener Chöre
They are celebrating their 75th anniversary this year. They consist of three choirs: the male voice choir, the mixed choir and the gospel choir "Zarduna Sing and Swing", which always work closely together and support each other in their performances and concerts. Their annual calendar includes a number of concerts, including the "Maisingen" and the "Stallweihnacht" around the Scheunenlädele in Zarten, "Kirchzarten sings!" at the BFV festival and the "Weihnachtserlebnis"
in the Talvogtei.
XÄNG!
The name is onomatopoeic Alemannic for "chants", is a small choir from the northern Kaiserstuhl region that sings whatever suits the singers. They enjoy singing soul, rock, and swing with Alemannic lyrics. The majority of XÄNG! comes from the Amoltern village choir "Eintracht", naturally connecting them to the realities of southern Baden. The conductor also sings with them: Rita Jerke.
BIG VOCAL NIGHT
Saturday, June 15, 2024, 8 PM, Talvogtei Kirchzarten, fully booked
Our Big Vocal Night is really "big": first we meet the international a cappella supergroup Accent with their six singers from five countries, with vocal music in the tradition of Take 6 and The Hi-Lo's – their great art and their love is vocal jazz and you can feel that in their extraordinary skills, arrangements and harmonies. And then we experience ONAIR: "Bombastic, epic, megalomaniac ... because when ONAIR sing, they sing with everything their voices and the sound technology have to offer" (kultur-kritik.net). And IN BETWEEN stands the BFV festival choir and sings along. Listen and see for yourself!
Accent
The six self-described "jazz vocal nerds" from Canada, France, Sweden, England and the USA met on the internet, joined forces in 2011 and worked on songs and videos together online across long distances - and became YouTube stars as a result. Since then, they have released five albums, performed at the London A Cappella Festival, played dates across Europe, North America and Asia and performed two sold-out Christmas shows at London's Royal Albert Hall.
ONAIR
The band ONAIR from Berlin stands for unique quality: four creative personalities, four strong solo voices, who together form a furious a cappella band with an unmistakable, homogeneous ensemble sound. Technically at the highest level, musically sophisticated, with dedication to the music, rousing and touching in all facets of live art. ONAIR have been delighting audiences worldwide with their unique a cappella pop style for 10 years. After numerous national and international awards, countless musical highs and enthusiastic fans all over the world, the band will end their unique musical journey in 2024 with an emotional farewell tour in order to pursue new creative paths and write new chapters in their lives.
MATINÉE
Sunday, June 16, 2024, 12 AM, Church St. Gallus Kirchzarten >> Tickets
The four virtuoso singers of the Ringmasters from Sweden are second to none with their harmonious overall sound. In 2012, the Ringmasters became the first non-American group in the 50-year history of the barbershop competition to win the world championships in the USA. They offer a coherent program – far beyond the genre of barbershop. Their singing is so smooth and harmonious, their blending so perfect, that it is hard not to be amazed by them. In addition, they have a rascally charm that melts every heart!
Ringmasters
The Swedish quartet Ringmasters, world champions of barbershop in 2012 blend their awesome virtuosity from barbershop classics, to Swedish choral music, through Simon and Garfunkel to the Beatles and Elvis Presley and ornate Georgian male vocals or traditional Swedish songs. The quartet grew out of the rich soil of Swedish choir tradition. Impressive chords, heavenly blending, virtuoso presentation. And, of course, musical harmony in a class of its own.
ECHOES IN BETWEEN
Sunday, June 16, 2024, 7:30 PM, Talvogtei Kirchzarten >> Tickets
Black Forest, Switzerland, Cologne, Norway and IN BETWEEN: With this year's festival motto, we are embarking on a fantastic journey from south to north, from the mountains to the water, turning back and taking detours, bringing back souvenirs and getting souvenirs. In our luggage: Scandinavian folk and jazzy sounds, bright tones and rough edges, vocal acrobatics and loops – rustic and genuine.
Martin O.
Monophonic polyphonic. Martin O. is a Swiss vocal magician from the foothills of the Alps who enchants audiences with his charm, humor and versatility. He climbs the scale unsecured with several voices, swings boldly from one musical style to the next with a captivating rhythm and tells stories with subtle and subtle nuances at an exciting level. Immerse yourself in fascinating worlds of voice and sound, in which Martin O. with the Symphonium - his genuine Swiss loop device - brings the audience sparkling eyes, enlightened ears and mountains of the best entertainment.
Hoh'wald Musig
Folk music from the Black Forest. Rustic and genuine. The alpine formation "Hoh'wald Musig" has been active for over 30 years. In a typical trio formation with hand harmonica, guitar, bass and vocals and of course in genuine Black Forest costume, this group entertains its listeners with traditional songs from the homeland and can look back on over 5000 live performances in almost all well-known health resorts and restaurants in the region.
Of Cabbages And Kings
The a cappella group Of Cabbages And Kings remind us of the power of the human voice with their pure and virtuoso singing, which is so immediate and deeply moving. The three singers Laura Totenhagen, Veronika Morscher and Fama M'Boup always take the listeners into their midst and lead them into a space full of sound intensity and colors, warm and bright, but also with room for darker, rougher corners. Totenhagen, Morscher and M'Boup are not only a unit vocally, but also creatively through their compositions and arrangements. For their performance at the Black Forest Voices Festival, their trio will be joined by Irish singer Lauren Kinsella, whom they have invited as a guest. Of Cabbages And Kings will present three exclusive commissioned compositions: one by the Australian singer/songwriter Kat Frankie, another by the Swedish improvisation artist Sofia Jernberg and the Australian jazz singer Kristin Berardi, as well as new compositions by the singers themselves.
PUST
PUST from Oslo beholds six of the most beautiful Nordic voices in a magical, powerful and playful unity. Their compositions reverberate attentively between Scandinavian folk, jazzy tones, and all sorts of worldly and natural sounds. At times fragile, at others expressive, PUST is a listening experience – _and nothing short of an aural exploration of the soul and the landscape of the European north. Both tradition and innovation are parts of the musical expression. Most of their compositions and all arrangements are made by members of the group.