Dr. Christiane Fischer

Austria

Christiane Fischer was born in Ravensburg, Germany, in 1969. She studied classical voice, oboe and school music at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart and completed a postgraduate study at the opera school in Stuttgart. At the Federal Academy for Musical Youth Education in Trossingen, Christiane Fischer obtained another postgraduate degree in children’s choral conducting. In 2010, she successfully completed an 18-month master class for choral conducting with Professor Erwin Ortner in Vienna. Until 2005, Christiane Fischer was vocal coach, singing teacher and head of the children and youth choir of Heidelberg at the music and singing school of the city of Heidelberg as well as artistic director of the Franconian children’s choir. In 2005 she became a lecturer at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna. In 2006, Christiane Fischer took charge of the school of singing of the city of Vienna and founded the children and youths choirs of Vienna’s school of music. Every year she manages and conducts the brilliant “festive singing” concert at the Wiener Konzerthaus, giving over 600 boys and girls the opportunity to perform in this splendid and world-famous concert hall. She is a sought-after trainer at the schools of music of the Austrian federal states and at pedagogical universities and participates in committees concerned with voice training and choral conducting with children and teenagers. In December 2016 she lectured at the 1st Symposium on Children’s Choirs in Brixen/Italy. Christiane Fischer is regularly appointed juror at renowned international singing and choral competitions, including events in Austria, Latvia and Malta.