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Helmuth Rilling

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German choral conductor (1933-2026)

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Helmuth Rilling was a German choral conductor and an academic teacher who was internationally known as an authority on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.

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2014Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2011Herbert von Karajan Music Prize
2004Bach Medal
2004Otto Hirsch Medal
2003Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2001Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize
1995Theodor Heuss Award
1993Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1993Brenz-Medaille in Silber
1984Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
1978Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

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Helmuth Rilling was a German choral conductor and an academic teacher who was internationally known as an authority on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. He was the founder of the Gächinger Kantorei in 1954 when still a student, the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart in 1965, the Oregon Bach Festival in 1970, the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart in 1981 and other Bach Academies worldwide, as well as the Festival Ensemble Stuttgart (FES) in 2001 and Junges Stuttgarter Bach Ensemble in 2011. He taught choral conducting at the Frankfurt Musikhochschule from 1965 to 1989 and led the Frankfurter Kantorei from 1969 to 1982. He held talk concerts, introducing the music with the performers, internationally and notably in Eastern Europe.

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Germany
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Musicians
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Singer / Musician
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deceased
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Lived 1933 to 2026 · aged 92
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