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Diethard Hellmann (Conductor, Organ)
Born: 1928 – Grimma, Saxony, Germany
Died: October 14, 1999
The German conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and composer Diethard Hellmann was a son of a teacher and a Kantor, and was grown up in the tradition of Saxonian church music. He sang in the Thomanerchor Leipzig and studied church music in Leipzig.
When he was 20 years old, after the conclusion of his studies, he began his first position as Kantor and organist of the Thomanerchor Leipzig. He taught organ playing at the Leipzig University of Music, where since 1952 he led the choir.
In 1955 he changed the centre of his activity and moved to Mainz as Kantor and organist of the Christuskirche. In Mainz Hellmann founded the Bach Choir and the Bach Orchestra, and in 1962 succeeded it with the launch of the International Bach Festival of Mainz. Later on he lectured at the Guttenberg University, where in 1963 he was awarded his Professura. In 1974 he was appointed as Professor for church music at the Munich College of Music, which he also managed for 7 years as a president.
Diethard Hellmann composed organ music. He made also reconstruction of Markus Passion (BWV 247), which has been recorded by several conductors (see BWV 247 – Markus Passion – Recordings).
Source: Music Sacra Website (January 2001), English translation by Aryeh Oron (August 2001); Programme notes to Music Festival Abu Gosh Kiryath Yearim (January 1972)
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