Whether it’s the development of the singing voice, its role in social settings, the relationship between voice and mind, or the latest findings in voice medicine, the annual a cappella Lecture offers vivid, first-hand insights into the instrument we cherish so deeply – and that defines us all. Our guide through this fascinating territory is Professor Michael Fuchs: head of the Department of Phoniatrics and Audiology at Leipzig University Hospital, an enthusiastic researcher and much sought-after voice specialist, an erstwhile member of St Thomas’s Boys Choir, and not least a long-standing friend of the festival. We look forward to another of his talks, which have become a firm fixture of the Leipzig a cappella Festival and are invariably as entertaining as they are enlightening.