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