11. Choir in Motion: They Are Mother

Stephan Lutermann

Organist, pianist, conductor

Stephan Lutermann (he/him) studied organ, church music, and choral conducting at the Mozarteum University Salzburg and at the University of Music and Dance Cologne. As a sought-after organist and pianist, he performs at festivals and concert series worldwide. His recordings and broadcasts document both his artistic range and his dedication to historical performance practice.

As a conductor, he shapes the choral landscape in Germany and abroad, gaining international competition prizes, invitations as lecturer and juror, and a professorship in Hamburg.

He founded the chamber choir Vokalconsort Osnabrück, known for innovative formats and strong artistic identity. His collaboration with choreographer Lars Scheibner led to acclaimed staged interpretations of major choral works including Bach’s St John Passion and Brahms’ German Requiem. This resulted in the founding of the European ensemble CHOREOS in 2016, which has since appeared in major venues such as the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and the Festspielhaus Baden Baden.

CHOREOS inspired invitations to workshops and conferences throughout Europe, and the CHOREOS Method has become a reference for the integration of movement and choral performance.

Since 2025, Lutermann has served as Director of the Forum Artium Academy for Music and International Masterclasses, and as Artistic Director of the Musica Viva Festival.

Lars Scheibner

Choreographer, stage director

Lars Scheibner (he/him) is a German choreographer and stage director whose work centres on singing, movement and theatrical presence. After training at the State Ballet School Berlin, he worked as a dancer at the Komische Oper Berlin and Theater Kiel. This led to international engagements in dance, opera, music theatre, and choral performance. In 2010 he worked abroad for the first time, creating Carmina Burana for the Ballet Nacional de Paraguay in Acuncion and for the social project Dançando para não Dançar in Rio de Janeiro. For the Soundstream Festival in Toronto, he developed a new version of The Sealed Angel for two choirs and five dancers.

Since 2005, he has collaborated with the Rundfunkchor Berlin, beginning with Rodion Shchedrin's The Sealed Angel under Sir Simon Halsey, a production that became the starting point for Broadening the Scope of Choral Music. He has since created movement-based stage productions with multiple choirs and vocal ensembles including Chor zur Welt, CHOREOS, SORA, and MidtVest Pigekor. Together with conductor Stephan Lutermann, he founded CHOREOS, a choir which is based on the fundamental connection between music and scenic performance, in 2017.