1. Helmuth Rilling was born on 29 May 1933 and is a German choral conductor and an academic teacher.
17 Facts About Helmuth Rilling
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Helmuth Rilling is the founder of the Gachinger Kantorei, the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, the Oregon Bach Festival, the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart and other Bach Academies worldwide, as well as the "Festival Ensemble Stuttgart" and the "Junges Stuttgarter Bach Ensemble".
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Helmuth Rilling taught choral conducting at the Frankfurt Musikhochschule from 1965 to 1989 and led the Frankfurter Kantorei from 1969 to 1982.
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Helmuth Rilling received his early training at the Protestant Seminaries in Wurttemberg.
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Helmuth Rilling completed his studies with Fernando Germani in Rome and at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena.
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In 1969, Rilling took over as conductor of the Frankfurter Kantorei.
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Helmuth Rilling is well known for his performances of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and his contemporaries.
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Helmuth Rilling has recorded many romantic and classical choral and orchestral works, including the works of Johannes Brahms.
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In 1988, Helmuth Rilling conducted the world premiere of the Messa per Rossini that he conducted at the Rheingau Musik Festival in 2001, where he has traditionally conducted the final concert.
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Helmuth Rilling co-founded the Oregon Bach Festival in 1970, and served as its artistic director until 2013.
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Helmuth Rilling co-founded and led the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart since 1981.
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In 2001, Helmuth Rilling created the Festival Ensemble to be part of the European Music Festival Stuttgart.
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Helmuth Rilling became the Festival Conductor and lecturer at the Toronto Bach Festival in 2004.
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Helmuth Rilling was a teacher of chorale conducting at the Frankfurt Musikhochschule from 1965 to 1989.
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Helmuth Rilling's recording of Krzysztof Penderecki's Credo, commissioned and performed by the Oregon Bach Festival, won the 2001 Grammy Award for best choral performance.
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In 2008, Helmuth Rilling was awarded the Sanford Award by the Yale School of Music at Yale University.
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Helmuth Rilling was the 2011 recipient of the Herbert von Karajan Music Prize.