Viva Voce

Ever since its beginnings in 1998, the a cappella band Viva Voce has been a very special listening experience. Merely the power of their voices creates goosebumps, and yet even this is not enough for the ensemble’s five members, who are all passionate singers. Over its past 20 years of existence, Viva Voce has become one of the most versatile a cappella formations in Germany. Through its constant musical development and openness towards new challenges and interesting projects, it is a band with many faces.The vocal artists are repeatedly honored with numerous awards, including the Hanns Seidel Foundation “Förderpreis für junge Songpoeten” (“Young song poets award“), the Bavarian Culture Prize and the Culture Award of Middle Franconia. As cultural ambassadors of their hometown Ansbach they represented the State of Bavaria at the 2010 Expo in Shanghai. In the reformation year 2017, Viva Voce has been invited by the Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil to take part in a tour of the South American country from Porto Alegre to Salvador. The members of Viva Voce include: Bastian Hupfer, David Lugert, Heiko Benjes, Jörg Schwartzmanns, and Mateusz Phouthavong.