Gunter Berger studied school music and orchestral conducting, but has devoted himself primarily to choral music since 1990. From 1990 to 2011, he led the MDR Children's Choir to European fame, and from summer 2012 he took over the direction of the Dresden Philharmonic Choir for ten years. Since 2022, he has concentrated on conducting the Dresden Philharmonic Children's Choir and the Bürgerchor am Kulti as well as on his numerous teaching activities, workshops and program ideas, with which he enriches the choral scene.

The German baritone Bernhard Hansky began his career as a member of the opera studio at the Komische Oper Berlin and later became a member of the company at the Semperoper in Dresden and the Hamburg State Opera. Since 2022, he has been working as a freelance opera and concert singer, performing roles such as Papageno in "Die Zauberflöte", Conte d’Almaviva in "Le nozze di Figaro" and Kurwenal in "Tristan und Isolde", as well as the baritone parts in oratorios and Passions. In his spare time, he produces the opera podcast "Parlando".

German soprano Lea Kohnen graduated from the University of the Arts Berlin in 2024 where she studied with Caitlin Hulcup and Elisabeth Werres. Lea’s recent operatic engagements include Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel) at Konzerthaus Berlin and Pamina in a production of Die Zauberflöte at AlleeTheater Hamburg. She also sang Adele in the operetta Die Fledermaus, Ännchen in Der Freischütz at the Festivo festival for chamber music, Enfant (L’Enfant et les Sortilèges, uni.t Berlin), Despina in Così fan tutte at the Mozarthaus in Vienna, Thea in the contemporary opera Frühling, Erwachen in Budapest and Carmi in a staged version of Mozart’s oratory Betulia liberata with the Preußisches Kammerorchester.

The young soprano Xiang Li hails from China, where she successfully completed her bachelor’s degree. She is now continuing her training in concert and opera singing at the Dresden University of Music and has already appeared at venues including the Staatsschauspiel der Stadt and the Landesbühnen Sachsen, in roles such as Sandrina in "La finta giardiniera" and the First Boy in "The Magic Flute". The award-winning singer has also enjoyed success in the concert world and has, for example, already performed at Dresden’s Kreuzkirche.

The baritone Nikolai Füchte is studying singing at the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music in Dresden under Prof. Hartmut Zabel. He has gained valuable additional inspiration through his work with Britta Schwarz, KS Olaf Bär and Snežna Nena Brzaković. Engagements as a concert soloist have taken him, amongst other venues, to the “Sumartónleikar í Skálholti” festival in Iceland, the “Koningin Elisabethzaal Antwerpen” in Belgium, as well as the “Kulturpalast Dresden” and the Dresden Frauenkirche. A key focus of his artistic work lies in Baroque music and the music of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Carley Marholin is a dancer who trained in New York, where she appeared in numerous productions at the start of her career. She has danced with, among others, the Martha Graham Dance Company and Steps Ensemble. She now lives in Berlin, where she is very active in the independent dance scene. She has also performed at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, the Semperoper Dresden and the Landesbühnen Sachsen. As a choreographer, she has realised projects in New York and Berlin.

Carola Volles completed her studies in costume design at the Berlin University of the Arts and has been working as a freelance stage and costume designer since 2010. She works at numerous theatres across Germany, as well as in other European countries. She has also been engaged in Muscat and San Francisco. Her portfolio to date includes operas such as "Götterdämmerung", "Nabucco", "Salome" and "Die Liebe zu den drei Orangen".

The Dresden Philharmonic Children’s Choir is one of Germany’s best-known and most successful children’s choirs and has a history stretching back almost sixty years. Its repertoire ranges from the Renaissance to the 21st century, encompassing works from many countries and cultures, from folk songs to pop adaptations.

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