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ChorWerk Ruhr (= CWR) is one of the leading German professional chamber choirs. Award-winning conductor Florian Helgath has been Artistic Director of ChorWerk Ruhr since 2011.
With his ensemble of young and flexible voices Florian Helgath presents choral music at the highest level. The repertoire ranges from J.S. Bach to Hans Zender and from Monteverdi to Wolfgang Rihm. Florian Helgath has been focussing on contemporary music to great acclaim within the last years.
Invitations led ChorWerk Ruhr to major concert halls as Essen Philharmonie, Munich Herkulessaal and to the Berliner Festspiele, Audi Sommerkonzerte, Eclat Festival Stuttgart and particularly to the Ruhrtriennale. Since 2002 ChorWerk Ruhr has been taking part in annual opera productions.
Since the foundation in 1999, ChorWerk Ruhr has appeared in numerous concerts in collaboration with Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Concerto Köln, Ensemble Resonanz, musikFabrik NRW, Schönberg Ensemble Amsterdam, Cappella Coloniensis, Ensemble Modern, Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, SWR Radio Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Bayerischer Rundfunk Symphonieorchester and conductors such as Sylvain Cambreling, Reinhard Goebel, Robin Gritton, Susanna Mälkki, Peter Neumann, Peter Rundel, Bruno Weil and Hans Zender.
Co-Founder and first Artistic Director Frieder Bernius has led ChorWerk Ruhr until 2003. His successor Rupert Huber has been Music Director from 2008 to 2011.
ChorWerk Ruhr has recorded numerous acclaimed productions for Deutschlandfunk and WDR. |
