German Choral Conducting Award
Highlight and conclusion of the promotion of young talented choral conductors by the Forum Dirigieren
The German Choral Conducting Award – an initiative of the German Music Council in cooperation with the RIAS Kammerchor - is the highlight and conclusion of the Forum Dirigieren's support for young talented choral conductors and at the same time the only competition for young choral conductors in Germany. The RIAS Kammerchor, one of the world's leading professional choirs, is a partner in awarding the prize.
The competition for the 6th German Choral Conducting Award will be held in Berlin from 7 to 12 October 2024. The final concert will take place on 12 October 2024 at 7 pm in the Elisabeth Church in Berlin-Mitte.
Deutschlandfunk Kultur will record the concert and broadcast it on 20 October 2024 from 20:03. It will then be available for 30 days on the broadcaster's website and in the DLF Audiothek app.
The concert will also be streamed live on the RIAS Kammerchor YouTube channel. The link will follow here shortly.
With up to 50 concerts per season on stages in Germany and around the world, the RIAS Kammerchor is one of the country's most important touring choirs. In the 2023/24 season, it celebrates its 75th birthday. The choir is renowned for its precise sound. 34 professionally trained singers make up the multinational ensemble. Numerous awards document its international reputation, including the German Record Critics' Award, the ECHO Klassik and the Gramophone Award.
They have become choir directors at the Stuttgart State Opera or the Salzburg State Theatre, deputy choir directors at the Semperoper Dresden or chief conductors of the SWR Vokalensemble - the careers of the finalists of the previous German Choral Conducting Awards are as varied as they are impressive.
In the gallery below, you can watch and listen to the live stream of the final concert of the German Choral Conducting Award 2022.
Programme 2024
Heinrich Schütz - Italienische Madrigale: Nr. 1 "O primavera" SSATB
Gerald Finzi - Seven poems of Robert Bridges: Nr. 5 "Nightingales" SSATB
Anton Bruckner - Os justi
Einojuhani Rautavaara - Orpheus singt: Nr. 1 "Da stieg ein Baum" SATB
œuvre of choice
Heinrich Schütz - Italienische Madrigale: Nr. 2 "O dolcezze" SSATB
Gerald Finzi - Seven poems of Robert Bridges: Nr. 4 "Clear and gentle stream" SATB
Anton Bruckner - Virga jesse
Einojuhani Rautavaara - Orpheus singt: B Nr. 2 "Und fast ein Mädchen wars" SATB
œuvre of choice
Heinrich Schütz - Italienische Madrigale: Nr.16 "Tornate" SSATB
Gerald Finzi - Seven poems of Robert Bridges: Nr. 7 "Wherefor to-night" SATB
Anton Bruckner - Christus factus est
Einojuhani Rautavaara - Orpheus singt: Nr. 3 "Ein Gott vermags" SATB
œuvre of choice
Finalists 2024
Lucia Birzer
Choir director and conductor, Theater Regensburg
Katharina Morin
Student, HfMTh Munich
Lukas Siebert
Student, HfMDK Frankfurt am Main
Jury 2024
Dorothea Bossert
Choir manager of the SWR Vokalensemble
Dr. Wolfram Goertz
Musicologist and music journalist
Impressions of the German Choral Conducting Award 2022
Sponsors of the German Choral Conducting Award
Awardees from previous years
Hyunju Kwon
Awardee of the German Choral Conducting Award 2022
John Lidfors
Awardee of the German Choral Conducting Award 2021
Hsin-Chien Fröhlich
Awardee of the German Choral Conducting Award 2018
Hannes Reich
Awardee of the German Choral Conducting Award 2016
Manuel Pujol
Awardee of the German Choral Conducting Award 2014
In addition, the awardee receives an engagement with the RIAS Kammerchor and the MDR-Rundfunkchor.
All finalists will receive a sponsorship prize from the Bärenreiter publishing house in the form of a music voucher worth 300 euros each.
KulturKaufhaus Dussmann will also be awarding the audience prize with a voucher worth 250 euros.
