Manuel Huber

                                                                                                  Conductor of the Vienna Boys Choir

Italian-born Manuel Huber, the most recent addition to the ranks of choirmaster of the Vienna Boys Choir, has an extensive experience as voice coach, choir director, and music educator in a variety of positions throughout Europe. Prior to his appointment with the Vienna Boys Choir, he was musical director of the Youth Project at the Gut Immling Opera Festival, a voice coach with the highly regarded Tölzer Knabenchor, and guest conductor of the Kammerphilharmonie Budweis, the Bad Reichenhaller Philharmonie, and Salzburg’s Mozarteum University Symphony Orchestra. Born in Brixen, South Tyrol, Mr. Huber began to play the piano at the age of six and was for years a member, and later chairman, of the Vinzentiner Knabenchor. 

At 15 he began to conduct, leading the children’s choir, the women’s chorus, and the church choir of Weitental. He continued his piano studies at the Claudio Monteverdi Conservatory in Brixen and went on to study choral conducting, music pedagogy, and orchestral conducting at the Salzburg Mozarteum. To this he added a major in psychology at Salzburg University, from which he graduated with distinction in 2018. 

Asked about his experiences with the Vienna Boys Choir, Mr. Huber says, “I love the work we do together, and especially how much the boys enjoy their music. My goal is to teach them the tools of the trade, to understand and feel music as best we can, and at the same time, see them grow up and come into their own.