Helmuth Rilling
In the collection
3 records
Played with
Georg Friedrich Händel
2 records together
Johann Sebastian Bach
2 records together
Württembergisches Kammerorchester
1 record together
Jörg Faerber
1 record together
Mainzer Kammerorchester
1 record together
Günter Kehr
1 record together
Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester
1 record together
Paul Angerer
1 record together
Simfonični Orkester RTV Ljubljana
1 record together
Choir Ljubljana
1 record together
Orchestra simfonică a Filarmonicii din Satu-Mare
1 record together
Corul Filarmonicii Din Cluj-Napoca
1 record together
About
German conductor, organist and educator, born May 29, 1933 in Stuttgart; died February 11, 2026 in Leonberg, Germany.
He studied organ at the Stuttgart College of Music, in Rome and in Siena. In 1954, while still a student, Helmuth Rilling founded his first choir, the 40-member Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, with which he gained an international reputation. From 1957 he was organist and choirmaster at the Stuttgart Gedächtniskirche. From the mid 1960s he was leader of the Bachcollegium Stuttgart and the Frankfurter Kantorei, from 1969 to 1986 he was professor at the Frankfurt Music College.
First principal conductor of between 1996 to 1998.
father of and , brother of .