Black Forest Voices TEAM
Tobias Hug (Artistic Director), deceased on 9.1.2020
Tobias Hug was the inventor of the festival and its artistic director until his death on January 9, 2020. He grew up and went to school in Kirchzarten, as a singer he was networked worldwide with musicians, vocal bands, ensembles and choirs: He was singer (bass) and artistic director with the Swingle Singers, he was festival founder, director and producer of the London A-Cappella Festival (GB) 2010, Vocalmente (ITA) 2014, A CAPE'lla (LUX) 2015. He has been a frequent juror and workshop leader, including the German Choir Competition and VocalAsia – and he has an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for World's Largest Beatbox Choir!
Tanja Pannier
Artistic Director / Dramaturgy
Nina Ruckhaber
Organizational leadership / Artistic management team
Julian Knörzer
Organizational & artistic management team
Richard Leisegang
Organizational & artistic management team
Dörte Zillessen
Consulting, Vision, Coaching
Annika Mohr
Production Manager
Fabian Mondl
Head of Volunteering
Klara Schmider
Head of Market Place,
Office Management
Matthias Klingner
Head of technic main stage
Coco Weingärtner
Head of Sound of Kirchzarten & Young Black Forest Voices
Jonas Riedel
Festival film
Ellen Schmauss
Festival photographer
Meiko Köhler
festival office on-site
Rebecca Heeb
social media on-site