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Yannick Wittmann is a conductor at the Deutsches Theater Berlin. Additionally, he leads the chamber choir Jeunesse and serves as a lecturer in choral conducting at the Berlin State Music Council.

In May 2022, he made his debut with the Rundfunkchor Berlin, conducting them in a concert at the Berlin Philharmonie.

Yannick Wittmann completed his master’s degree in choral conducting at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin with top marks. He studied under his professors Justin Doyle and Tobias Walenciak, conducting both the RIAS Chamber Choir and the Vocalconsort Berlin on multiple occasions. Additionally, he worked as an assistant to Justin Doyle at the university. Before studying conducting, he completed a master’s degree in music and mathematics for teaching at the Freie Universität and the Berlin University of the Arts, specializing in singing (with Jochen Großmann) and choral conducting (with Maike Bühle).

From 2021 to 2024, he was the children’s choir and training director for the Rundfunkchor Berlin’s project SING! He also maintained a close collaboration with the Vokalhelden, the former choir program of the Berlin Philharmonic. From 2021 to 2025, he worked as a répétiteur and assistant to his former professor Tobias Walenciak in his chamber choir Vocantare Berlin. From 2019 to 2021, he was an assistant and répétiteur for the youth chamber choir Junges Consortium Berlin.

Yannick Wittmann gained further important insights into working with choirs through masterclasses with Yuval Weinberg, Marc Korovitch, Simon Halsey, Lone Larsen, Georg Grün, Coreen Duffy, and Sigvards Klava.

As early as June 2018, Yannick Wittmann conducted the world premiere of a piece by Ingmars Zemzaris with the Berliner Cappella. Additionally, he conducted Public Domain, a piece by David Lang, performed under the overall direction of Simon Halsey at the Berlin Philharmonie.

In future projects, he aims to experiment with new presentation formats through interdisciplinary approaches and make choral music accessible to a broader and more diverse audience.