Claudia Burghard
Claudia Burghard is a freelance jazz singer with a strong commitment to choir projects. She was born in Hameln and studied music teaching and jazz singing in Hanover. She has demonstrated her versatility in various groups: she performs as a part of a cappella groups, improvisation ensembles and has a preference for small chamber jazz ensembles. She is a choir member of the Junges Vokalensemble Hannover and a frequent guest soloist of the Fette Hupe big band. Alongside her concert schedule as a singer, she is the director of the award-winning Vivid Voices jazz choir, which won the German Choir Competition in 2014 and the international a cappella competition of the Århus Vocal Festival (Denmark) in 2015. Concert tours have taken her to several European countries, as well as Israel, Russia and the USA. A committed music teacher and talent scout, she holds seminars and serves as a jury member for competitions on behalf of the Choir Association of Lower Saxony.