Born: 1914 - Germany
Died: 1988 - Germany

The German conductor, Helmut Kahlhöfer founded the Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke Choir in 1946 as the Choir of the Evangelist-Reformed Municipality of Wuppertal. During 41 years (untill 1987), his Choir became wellknown mainly in their performances of Lithurgical music.

In addition to leading the Kantotei Choir, Helmut Kahlhöfer was appointed as Professor of music at the Folkwang-Hochschule, Essen.

Source: Kantorei Barmen Germarke Website
Contributed by Teddy Kaufman (September 2006)

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