The Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart was once given the honorary name 'Stradivari der Chöre' (Stradivari of Choirs) due to its distinctive qualities.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Helmuth Rilling's credo is that 'making music means learning to know, understand, and peacefully interact with each other'.
Performer Biography
The Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, a choir founded in 1953 by Helmuth Rilling, is known for its full, balanced sound, clarity, and rhythmic precision.
Cultural Impact
The Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart, founded by Helmuth Rilling in 1981, is often called a 'Goethe-Institut der Musik' for its comprehensive study of Bach's works and promotion of cultural exchange.
Performer Biography
Helmuth Rilling, the conductor, initiated the monumental project of recording all 199 church cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach, completed on Bach's 300th birthday in 1985.
Performer Biography
Helmuth Rilling is set to be the first and only conductor to have recorded all of Bach's cantatas, both sacred and secular, by the 250th anniversary of Bach's death in 2000.
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