Joseph M. Doeller

Born in Lower Austria, Josef M. Doeller studied church music and music pedagogy at the Vienna Music School, and was a member of the Altenburger Boys' Choir and the Arnold Schoenberg Choir. From 1979 to 1983, he was conductor of the Vienna Boys’ Choir, leading them in performances worldwide, in famous centers like the Carnegie Hall and the Royal Festival Hall. He later was at the Wiener Neustadt Cathedral, and professor at the Conservatory for Church music in the Archdiocese of Vienna. Since 1984 Doeller has been at the Cathedral of Graz directing its several choirs and cantors. He also teaches at the University of Graz, conducts choir seminars, and guest conducts all over Austria and other parts of Europe like Belarus, France, and Italy; also in the USA and Cuba. In the last few years he has performed 70 cantatas, the B Minor Mass, the Passions, and the Christmas Oratorio of Bach with the Domkantorei. He aims to continue and perform all the rest of the approximately 200 sacred cantatas.