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On 31 May 2024, the album MUSIKALISCHE EXEQUIEN with works by Heinrich Schütz, Moritz Landgraf von Hessen, Giovanni Gabrieli, Johann Schelle and Claudio Monteverdi was released on the Deutsche Harmonia Mundi label.

Florian Helgath | The Bavarian Radio Choir | Capella de la Torre

[...] a compelling account

Gramophone 8/2024, Edward Green

On 3 May 2024 the new CD by Chorwerk Ruhr and Florian Helgath with Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil op. 37 was released on the Coviello label.

Rachmaninov combined the tradition of Russian Orthodox church music with his own musical language in a unique way. The liturgical chants manifest themselves both in simple monophonic passages and in extended eleven-part choirs.

The Hochschule für Musik und  (HMTM) is appointing Prof. Florian Helgath to a half professorship in choral conducting from 1 April 2024. Florian Helgath will be responsible for students with the career goal of professional choral conducting (Bachelor and Master).

The appointment of Prof. Florian Helgath to the artistic professorship of Choral Conducting (Bachelor/Master) is part of a reorganisation of the Choral Conducting department at HMTM. The artistic training of students in choral conducting, for example for professional concert choirs, will be separated from the artistic training of church music students in future.

from: Press Release (HMTM), 21.03.2024

Florian Helgath will lead the CHORWERK RUHR into the future for another three years. He will remain associated with one of the most important chamber choirs in the German-speaking world as artistic director until October 2026.