Winners

​2nd Prize - Jan Scheerer

Jan Scheerer was born in 1973 in Tübingen, Germany, where he began studies at the university in physics and philosophy and simultaneously at the piano academy "Herman–Hesse–Haus" with Wei–Tsin Fu. After three years, he turned solely to music by beginning studies at the music conservatory in Karlsruhe in both choir and orchestra conducting and music theory with Peter-Michael Riehm, Wolf-Dieter Hauschild and Martin Schmidt. He continued his studies in Copenhagen at the Royal Danish Music Conservatory, first in the choir conducting class with professor Dan-Olof Stenlund, then additionally in the orchestra conducting class. Masterclasses with Wolfgang Schäfer, Uwe Gronostay and Hartmut Haenchen, Daniel Reuss, Georg Grün and Jorma Panula deepened his development. In 2003, he won the first prize at the "Friedrich–Silcher" composition competition with the choir piece "Im Frühling". Jan Scheerer has sung in several semi-professional ensembles, e.g. in the "Karlsruher Vokalensemble" and he is currently member of the "Malmö Chamber Choir". As a conductor, Jan Scheerer has a broad experience in all styles, both with amateur and with professional ensembles. He has conducted concerts with the vocal group "Ars Nova" and "Malmö Chamber Choir" as well as performances with "Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester" and "Aalborg Symfoniorkester". He is currently conductor for the chamber choir Notabene in Denmark.

​3rd Prize - Christian Jeub

Christian Jeub was born in Solingen, Germany in 1970. He studied at the Musikhochschule in Cologne and the Folkwanghochschule where he passed his choir conducting exam with Prof. Ralf Otto. He has attended several masterclasses with Eric Ericson. In 2000 and 2001 he got a conducting scholarship by Helmut Rilling and the Europäisches Musikfest Stuttgart. He has also participated in a conducting workshop on invitation by the RIAS- Kammerchores, Berlin. Since September 2000 he has been working at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich as a second Choir Director. He has conducted performances like Mozart "Magic Flute"; Strauss "One night in Venice", C. Porter "Kiss me Kate", Lorzings "Zar und Zimmermann". He prepared the choir for pieces like Idomeneo, Così fan tutte, Der Waffenschmied, Die Fledermaus, Hallo Dolly, Die Csárdásfürstin. During the past few years he could make some experience with broadcasting choirs like the WDR-Rundfunkchor in Cologne, whom he first assisted to a mixed a capella program and Dvorák's opera "The Jakobín". Later on he refreshed Mahler 3rd Symphony and then produced on his own responsibility E. Rautavaaras’ "Erste Elegie".