Born in Ebene Reichenau in the Austrian province of Carinthia, Hans Unterweger was educated at the classical grammar school in Tanzenberg, and received his teaching degree in English and Music at the Catholic University College of Education in Graz-Eggenberg. He is a music teacher and coordinator for music at the Musikhauptschule (musical comprehensive school) in Kirchberg an der Raab, Styria, and composes, arranges and sings for the a-cappella group VOICE factory. Married, with two grown-up sons, he lives in Kirchberg an der Raab with two cats and a Dalmatian called Phoenix.
