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ChorWerk Ruhr (Chamber Choir)

Founded: 1999 - Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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.

Artistic Directors

Frieder Bernius (1999-2003)
Rupert Huber (2008-2011)
Florian Helgath (2011-Present)

Members of ChorWerk Ruhr:

Sopranos

Altos

Tenors

Basses

Miriam Allan
Sophia Bauer
Inga Balzer-Wolf
Katharina Eberl
Christine Beatrix Fischer
Natasha Goldberg
Dorothea Jakob
Jessica Jans
Julia Jurgasch
Anna Moritz
Christiane Rittner
Annika Stegger

Stefanie Blumenschein
Franziska Gündert
Pascale Jonczyk
Johanna Krödel
Eva Marti
Judith Rautenberg
Nils Stefan
Nora Steuerwald
Andra Isabel Wildgrube

Jörg Deutschewitz
Thomas Dorn
Maxmilian Fieth
Sebastian Franz
Bruno Michalke
Tiago Oliveira
Laurin Oppermann
Robert Reichinek
Bernhard Schmidt
Fabian Strotmann
Hitoshi Tamada

Vincent Berger
Clemens Joswig
Menno Koller
Peter Strömberg
Christian Walter




Sources:
Konzertdirektion Hörtnagel Berlin Website (2017-2018 season)
ChorWerk Ruhr Website
Photos 01, 03-08: © ChorWerk Ruhr / Pedro Malinowski
Contributed by
Aryeh Oron (April 2018, December 2023)

Florian Helgath: Short Biography | Ensembles: ChorWerk Ruhr
Bach Discography:
Recordings of Vocal Works

Links to other Sites

ChorWerk Ruhr (Offiicial Website) [German]
ChorWek Ruhr on Facebook
ChorWerk Ruhr - Florian Helgath, conductor (Konzertdirektion Hörtnagel Berlin)
ChorWerk Ruhr (Wikipedia) [German]


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