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Helmuth Rilling

Helmuth Rilling is credited on 1,165 releases across 265 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1962–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,165

Credits

265

Albums

7

Decades active

1

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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 Real Filharmonía De Galicia between 1996 to 1998.
Father of and, brother of Mikro Rilling.

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Credited work

1,165 releases · 265 albums · active 1962–2024

  • Performance · 1,183
  • Other credits · 301
  • Mastering · 19

Studios: Gedächtniskirche, Stuttgart · Stadthalle Sindelfingen · Südwest-Tonstudio Stuttgart · Tonstudio van Geest

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