Walter Lochmann was born in Vienna and trained as a musician at the Academy of Music. He regularly performs as a conductor, composer, arranger and pianist. The most important stages of his musical career to date are: teacher of music at a Viennese grammar school, solo répétiteur and second choir director at the Vienna Volksoper, founding member, conductor and director of studies at the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien. He is also musical director of summer festivals (Bad Hersfeld, Bruck an der Leitha) and, since 2007, musical director at "teatro" – an association that develops theatre with children for children. He has often performed at concerts of the Chorus Viennensis with piano accompaniment.
Under Walter Lochmann, the Chorus Viennensis perfected the Viennese Lieder repertoire and qualified for the final of the EBU competition "Let the Peoples Sing".
