Vocal Mastery: Techniques for Choral Singers

SARAWAK INTERNATIONAL CHORAL SYMPOSIUM 2025

Vocal Mastery: Techniques for Choral Singers
with Snežana Nena Brzaković (Germany)

Snežana Nena Brzaković is an internationally acclaimed vocal coach, singer, and specialist in functional breathing technique.

She studied opera, concert singing, and vocal pedagogy in Belgrade and Berlin, where she completed her Konzertexamen with distinction and refined her expertise in functional breathing for singers and wind players.

Founder of the Institute for Singing and Breathing Training in Berlin, Brzaković supports singers in role preparation, technique development, and sustainable vocal health.

She is a frequent guest professor and masterclass leader worldwide, with engagements in Singapore, Mexico, Malaysia, Spain, Slovenia, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania and Germany.

In 2024, she delivered a keynote lecture at the global video conference on singing and breathing hosted by the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Mexico City.

As artistic director of the international opera festival Oper Oder Spree, and vocal coach at the Staatsoper Berlin’s children's chorus and young soloists, she collaborates closely with conductors such as Vinzenz Weissenburger, Sir Simon Rattle, Zubin Mehta, and Daniel Barenboim.

Her students perform at leading opera houses, including the Staatsoper Berlin, Komische Oper Berlin, Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, the Metropolitan Opera New York, and La Scala Milan.

A passionate advocate for choral music, she has worked with ensembles such as Junges Consortium Berlin, Philharmonischer Chor Ljubljana, Fecorem Spain  and other choirs in Spain, Finland, Sweden, Turkey Mexico etc — always combining artistic expression with technical mastery.

Brzaković is also an examination expert at the International Swiss Opera Studio (Hochschule der Künste Bern/Biel) and a lecturer at the Academy of Music Berlin