Following the outstanding success of the event, the World Choir for Peace has become committed to being a musical ambassador for peace worldwide. The choir has been established internationally, in cooperation with the city of Hannover, UNESCO and the Mayors for Peace organisation.

If you are an interested singer or choir then please sign up for this and/or future events.

Meijer is passionate about broadening the possibilities of the harp. Her affinity with the music of Philip Glass and her intense ground breaking renditions of his music have mesmerised audiences across the world. Her albums Metamorphosis/The Hours and The Glass Effect interpret works of Philip Glass, a process Glass himself was involved in. Their meeting marked the beginning of a new musical journey for Lavinia. Her albums are released worldwide (Channel Classics, Sony Classics) and have been rewarded with an Edison Award and a golden and platinum-status. She performed several times at the Tibet House Charity Concert in Carnegie Hall New York, invited by Philip Glass.

She is ambassador of Save a Child’s Heart and supports WarChild.

They were the first Orchestra to be designated UNESCO Artists for Peace and Goodwill Ambassadors in 2010 – and are happy to join their sister organisation the World Choir for Peace as orchestral collaborative partner for this first International Week for Peace in Hannover.

Almost one hundred CDs with award-winning recordings of highly demanding vocal, orchestral and instrumental works document his sophistication as an artist, these include recordings with renowned labels such as Deutsche Grammophon, Sony Classical, Hänssler Classic and Berlin Classics. 

He regularly receives invitations to perform at established international concert series. 

As producer Nicol Matt developed and initiated many new projects for the international TV and music industry, to support choirs and a cappella singing worldwide.

As lecturer and judge he is regularly invited to international choir competitions, festivals and universities, to teach during workshops and master-classes for conductors and singers around the globe. He also has active partnerships with contemporary composers such as Morten Lauridsen, Sir Karl Jenkins, John Rutter and many more.

Smile from your heart – von ganzem Herzen lächeln! Wer außer mir unterschreibt dieses Motto einer faszinierenden Frau mit dem wohl außergewöhnlichsten Beruf in der Opernwelt? Kirsten Schötteldreier arbeitet als Coach für Stimmtechnik, Energie und Bühnenperformance mit jungen Talenten ebenso intensiv wie mit Opernstars in Wien, Amsterdam, Berlin, Mailand oder Bonn.

Named “Femme de Culture 2020”, Julia Lagahuzère is Co-founder and General Director of the non-profit organisation: Opera for Peace – Leading Young Voices of the World. This project is the largest international organization serving as a reference for young opera professionals around the values of diversity, equity, social justice, artistic excellence, affordable education and sustainability. 

Working at the highest level, she was previously Deputy Casting Director of Opéra National de Paris in the two theatres of Opéra de Bastille and Palais Garnier. She is currently artistic consultant to the Queen Sonja International Music Competition in Oslo, Norway. Julia has a passion for finding and helping to nurture young talent, and established a concert series in order to strengthen relations between the QSMIC and the top international young artist programs; notably in collaboration with the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.

She has previously worked at the San Francisco Opera, Scottish Opera and Opéra de Limoges. She is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and Sussex University, a musicology scholarship recipient at the University of California, Berkeley, and holds a Masters degree in Opera and Visual Performing Arts from King’s College London, in collaboration with the BBC Proms.

She is Founder of Circular Culture, an original and ambitious initiative linking Performing Arts with Circular Economy values and jury member to the world’s most important singing competitions, most recently at the International Vocal Competition of The Elena Obraztsova Foundation in Saint Petersburg, Opera Festival Scotland and Voices of South Africa. 

 For over 20 years she has focused her work in areas of dementia and palliative care. As a user of Dementia Care Mapping, multiplier for the dementia balance model © and specialist book author, she currently works as a  guest speaker and coach. She guides in the development of interdisciplinary teams in care at home and abroad and advises employees on how to deal with their singing and speaking voice.

 She is the 2nd chairwoman of the Singing Hospitals network. In her specialist books and seminars, the effect of singing on body, soul and spirit is of particular importance.