Wolfgang Helbich was a German church musician, a choral conductor and academic.
12 Facts About Wolfgang Helbich
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Wolfgang Helbich was the founder of the Alsfelder Vokalensemble and served as their conductor for decades, a group that toured internationally and received awards for their recordings.
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Wolfgang Helbich founded in 1971 the Alsfelder Vokalensemble and conducted the vocal ensemble until his death.
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Wolfgang Helbich moved in 1972 to the Grunewaldkirche in Berlin, conducting the Berliner Kantorei.
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Wolfgang Helbich initiated an annual Musiknacht devoted to a specific composer.
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From 1999 to 2013, Helbich was artistic director of the Musikverein der Stadt Bielefeld, conducting several concerts, often in the Rudolf Oetker Hall.
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From 1974, Wolfgang Helbich recorded with the Alsfelder Vokalensemble and the Bremer Domchor numerous award-winning programs.
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Wolfgang Helbich was invited to conduct all over Europe, the US, Japan and Israel.
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Wolfgang Helbich edited choral and organ works which were partly not published before.
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Wolfgang Helbich was professor of choral conducting at the Hochschule fur Kunste Bremen and as a guest professor at the Musikhochschule Saarbrucken.
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Wolfgang Helbich received the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik for his 2002 recording of Ein deutsches Requiem by Johannes Brahms with the Bremer Domchor and the Kammer Sinfonie Bremen.
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Recordings by Wolfgang Helbich are held by the German National Library:.