Christoph Wigelbeyer

Christoph Wigelbeyer (born 1973) is an Austrian choir director, conductor, singer and music educator. Life Born in Wels, Wigelbeyer completed singing school, piano and violin in his hometown and at the Linz Bruckner Conservatory within the framework of the Upper Austrian promotion of young talent. This was followed by teacher training in music education and instrumental music education with a focus on singing and choral conducting, as well as three years of solo singing training at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, in addition to which he completed master classes and private lessons. In 1998, in his diploma thesis, he portrayed Ernst Ludwig Leitner, also born in Wels. A year later, he also wrote an essay about Leitner in the Österreichische Musikzeitschrift. He sang, among others, in the Wiener Kammerchor and the Wiener Singverein (directed by ) and in the Vocal Ensemble Company of Music (conducted by ). On piano, he can be heard on Nancy Van de Vate’s 1998 album Vol. IV together with Elke Eckerstorfer and Sybille Bouda, among others, with the piece Contrasts for two Pianos, six Hands (1984). With Eckerstorfer, he also played the Little Suite for twenty fingers op