Christoph Wigelbeyerin the listing of contributors to the album Vol. IV. by Nancy Van de Vate, often mistakenly referred to as "Christoph Wigelberger" (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.Christoph Wigelbeyer: Ernst Ludwig Leitner. A Portrait. Diploma Thesis in Music History, University of Music Vienna, 1998. A year later, he also wrote an essay about Leitner in the Österreichische Musikzeitschrift.Christoph Wigelbeyer: Ernst Ludwig Leitner: So weiß wie Schnee, so rot wie Blut. In Österreichische Musikzeitschrift, vol. 54, fascicule 7–8, 1999, .
He sang, among others, in the Wiener Kammerchor and the Wiener Singverein (directed by ) and in the Vocal Ensemble Company of Music (conducted by ).Christoph Wigelbeyer. Neue Wiener Stimmen; retrieved 3 September 2021. 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).Chamber Music, Vol. IV. at Rate Your Music.William Thornton. In Pan Pipes. Sigma Alpha Iota Quarterly, volumes 87-88, Wayside Press, 1994, . () With Eckerstorfer, he also played the Little Suite for twenty fingers op. 61b by Iván Eröd on a CD published in 1997 by the Department of Music Pedagogy at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.Recordings of individual works by Iván Eröd. In Discography. Iván Eröd; retrieved 3 September 2021.
From 2006 to 2008, Wigelbeyer was a member of the Mainstream vocal ensemble and was, among other things, at the farewell concert on 21 December 2008 at the . Part of the ensemble.The Mainstreet Time, Willi Dussmann; retrieved 3 September 2021. In 2010, he founded the youth choir pro.vocant, which he directed until 2013.
Since mid-2013, Wigelbeyer has directed the youth choir , founded by Johannes Hiemetsberger and Jürgen Partaj, with around 80 singers, which is a project of the . Together with Hiemetsberger, he was previously responsible for the choral rehearsal on the occasion of the accompaniment of the spring 2013 programme of the by the "Neue Wiener Stimmen".SJSO Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra - Spring 2013 tour with concerts abroad. Press release of the Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra on presseportal.ch, 24 April 2013. The Neue Wiener Stimmen also performed, among others, at the film music festival Hollywood in Vienna from 2012 to 2016Jelena Pantić: "Suffering is the same everywhere, no matter if you believe in God or Allah." (with an excerpt from Julia Ritter's interview with the choirmaster of the Neue Wiener Stimmen, Christoph Wigelbeyer); In Biber 11/17, 23 December 2017. and, under Wigelbeyer's and Jürgen Partaj's direction, were awarded the title of Choir of the Year 2016 at the in January 2017 with the programme "Austria: great daughters, great sons!"Wolfgang Steiger: Neue Wiener Stimmen - Choir of the Year 2016! Neue Wiener Stimmen, 26 January 2017. Other projects of the choir under Wigelbeyer's direction include performances at the opening of Vienna's Life Ball (2014 and 2015), at the Milan Expo 2015, at the opening of the 2016 Carinthischer Sommer and at the Liszt Festival 2017 in Raiding.Neue Wiener Stimmen: Termine im Überblick; retrieved 3 September 2021.
Wigelbeyer is a full-time teacher and choir director at the . Under his direction, the upper school choir received the rating "very good" at the 2007 and was subsequently allowed to participate in the performance of the compulsory piece at the final concert in the , a cantata composed especially for the occasion by Herwig Reiter.Great success for the HIB upper school choir. In Art and Skill. BG & BRG Wien 3 (HIB) Boerhaavegasse.
He is also a lecturer at the Institute for Music Education Research, Music Didactics and Elementary Music Making at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.
Publications Ernst Ludwig Leitner. Ein Portrait. Diploma Thesis in Music History, University of Music Vienna, 1998. Ernst Ludwig Leitner: „So weiß wie Schnee, so rot wie Blut.“ In Österreichische Musikzeitschrift, vol. 54, fascicule 7–8, 1999, .
Recordings 1997: Iván Eröd - Little Suite for twenty fingers op. 61b (with Elke Eckerstorfer; mdw/; CSM 9740-AI)CD Discography. In Iván Eröd. Werke bei / Music published by Doblinger. Musikverlag Doblinger, . 1998: Contrasts for two Pianos, six Hands (1984; recording with Elke Eckerstorfer and Sybille Bouda) on Nancy Van de Vate - Vol. IV (Vienna Modern Masters). 1999: Franz Liszt - Via crucis - Missa choralis (vocals in the part Missa choralis; Carus-Verlag) 2009: Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein: Mass (voice; Chandos Records)
Film recordings (made during his time as artistic director with the Neue Wiener Stimmen choir). 2013: Hollywood in Vienna - "On to New Worlds" & A Tribute to James Horner.Hollywood in Vienna - A Tribute to James Horner. Wunschliste.de. In Wunschliste.de. imfernsehen GmbH & Co. KG; retrieved 3 September 2021. 2014: Hollywood in Vienna - "Comedy Tonight" & A Tribute to Randy Newman.New Viennese Voices in the Internet Movie Database 2015: Hollywood in Vienna - "Tales of Mystery" & A Tribute to James Newton Howard.Hollywood In Vienna Film.Music.Media; 5 November 2015. 2016: Hollywood in Vienna - "The Sound of Space" & A Tribute to Alexandre Desplat.
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