About us
The „Singgemeinschaft Oisternig“ has its origins in Feistritz im Gailtal, a small village located where the three countries Austria, Italy and Slovenia share their borders. The choir is named after the local mountain „Oisternig“, rising 2052 meters in the Carnic Alps.
It was founded in 1949 and lays its focus on preserving the traditional bilingual (carinthian and slovenian) songs from its local area, the lower „Gailtal“. Furthermore, the repertoire includes secular and sacred music from all epochs as well as spirituals, gospels and pop music.
This broad musical spectrum reflects on the slogan of the Singgemeinschaft Oisternig:
„Connected to the indigenous songs and open for the unknown!“
The musical direction lays in the hands of Christof Mörtl who took over from his father, Prof. Franz Mörtl, in the year 2009.
We are pleased about your interest in our homepage and wish you a lot of fun exploring our choir!
Kind regards,
Your Singgemeinschaft Oisternig
Musical direction
Christof Mörtl
Academy for Education in Klagenfurt, Teacher Education Examination for German and Music
Teaching position in Vienna from 2002 – 2008
Member of „Singgemeinschaft Oisternig“ since 1995 and musical direction since september 2009, musical direction of „Quintett Oisternig“
Singer in the choir St. Augustin under the musical direction of Alois Glaßner and Mirjam Schmidt from 2001 – 2006
Member of the „Wiener Singverein“ under the musical direction of Johannes Prinz since 2004, concert tours with famous conductors (Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Simon Rattle, and more) to Paris, Rome, Turino, Budapest, Moskow und Amsterdam
Participation in projects of the „Anton von Webern choir“ of the university for music Vienna
Teaching position at the „Musik – NMS Hermagor“ since 2008
Participation in international vocal weeks in Kaltenberg (Upper Austria) und St.Gerold (Vorarlberg), as well as in courses for conducting in Graz and Krems with Erwin Ortner, Johannes Prinz, Maris Sirmais, Robert Sund and Martina Batic
Lecturer at courses of the „Kärntner Sängerbund“ and the „Kärntner Bildungswerk“
Board
Christof Mörtl - musical direction
Christina Zwitter - musical direction deputy
Niko Zwitter - chairman
Dieter Jarnig - chairman deputy
Claudia Jarnig - treasurer
Ilona Kropiunik - tresurer deputy
Fiona Meinhardt-Kasparek - secretary
Vanessa Rauscher - secretary deputy
Andreas Zaske - administration
Soprano
Alto
Tenor
