Eva-Maria Leeb is a lecturer in choral conducting, children's choir conducting and youth choir conducting at the Regensburg University of Catholic Church Music and Music Education and a church musician for the cathedral parish of St Ulrich Niedermünster in Regensburg. She is also a university lecturer (Predoc) at the Mozarteum University Salzburg as part of the ERASMUS+ project "How to carry out virtual choir rehearsals with the help of digital tools".
Her focus on choral work with children and young people is reflected, among other things, in the establishment and direction of the HfKM Girls' Choir and in her work for the International Foundation for the Promotion of Culture and Civilisation. Her wide-ranging experience in the areas of choral conducting and children's/youth choir conducting is in great demand at concerts, lectures and training events, including in digital form, both at home and abroad. Her musical training includes studies in church music and conducting (specialising in choral conducting) as well as masterclasses with renowned conductors such as Kurt Masur and Neil Varon and courses with Vytautas Miškinis, Peter Planyavsky, Kurt Suttner, Friederike Stahmer, Friedhilde Trüün and many others. These diverse influences have shaped her musical personality and developed her skills as a conductor.
Eva-Maria Leeb has received several awards for her outstanding achievements, including the Cultural Promotion Prize of the City of Marktredwitz and the Regensburg Prize for Women in Science and Art in 2023. She also achieved first place in the international G.P. da Palestrina Choir Competition in Rome at the beginning of her career and second place in the choral conducting competition of the General Cäcilien-Verband Deutschland in 2015.
Her highly acclaimed publication "JugendChorLeitung - Impulse für eine ansprechendde und erfolgreiche Jugendchorarbeit" was published by ConBrio-Verlag in October 2021. She is currently working on her doctorate in the field of choral pedagogy with Prof. Dr Heike Henning at the Mozarteum University Salzburg/Innsbruck.
