studied conducting with Sergiu Celibidache, Constantin Bugeanu and Jorma Panula. Further important impulses he received through the conducting school of Viennese legend Hans Swarowsky. He also studied Viola with Berta Volmer and Reiner Schmidt.

For years he has been dedicated to advancing and supporting young musicians, be it as an Artistic Director of EMIV or before as Vice Artistic Director and Head of Organisation of Wiener Meisterkurse.

He has held master courses in conducting at Wiener Meisterkurse as well as in Germany, Hungary, Italy and México. From 2013 - 2018  he was Guest Professor for conducting at ARTS2, École supérieure des Arts de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles in Mons, Belgium.

He appeared as guest conductor with the Kremerata Baltica, Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, Brno Philharmonic, Orquesta sinfónica de Xalapa, Mexico City Philharmonic, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, Orquesta Sinfónica de Málaga, Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, amongst others.

Besides the symphonic standard repertoire, his passion belongs to the symphonic œvre from Haydn to the 20th century. Moreover, he is constantly seeking after re-discovering orchestral and opera masterworks of composers being lost or forgotten through the turmoil of the first half of the 20th century, such as Egon Wellesz, Ernst Krenek, Edmund von Borck, Erwin Schulhoff and Rudi Stephan. In March 2018 he conducted as American first performances Egon Wellesz’ Symphony No. 1. and in February 2019 'Prosperos Beschwörungen' of this eminent composer.

Jörg Birhance is also an active researcher and published his study ‘The Observation of Form: The form analysis method of Constantin Bugeanu in reference to the 1st and 5th Symphonies of Egon Wellesz’ with academia.edu.