List of conductors

This list includes choir directors from 1900.

Head of professional choirs

• Howard Arman (* 1954) (D, Bavarian Radio Choir )
• Norbert Balatsch (1928–2020) (A, Vienna State Opera and Bayreuth Festival )
• Frieder Bernius (* 1947) (D, Chamber Choir Stuttgart )
• Christfried Brödel (* 1947) (D, vocal modern )
• Marcus Creed (* 1951) (D, SWR Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart )
• Eric Ericson (1918–2013) (S, Stockholm Radio Choir, etc.)
• Eberhard Friedrich (* 1958) (D, Hamburg State Opera and Bayreuth Festival )
• John Eliot Gardiner (* 1943) (GB, Monteverdi Choir )
• Hans Gillesberger (1909–1986) ( Vienna State Opera )
• Clytus Gottwald (* 1925) (D, Schola Cantorum Stuttgart )
• Uwe Gronostay (1939–2008) (D, RIAS Chamber Choir , Nederlands Kamerkoor etc.)
• Walter Hagen-Groll (1927–2018) (D, Deutsche Oper Berlin )
• Philippe Herreweghe (* 1947) (B, Collegium Vocale Gent )
• Serge Jaroff (1896–1985) (RUS / USA, Don Kosaken Chor Serge Jaroff )
• Ton Koopman (* 1944) (NL, Amsterdam Baroque Choir )
• Sebastian Hernandez-Laverny (* 1969) (D, State Theater Mainz )
• Erwin Ortner (* 1947) (A, Arnold Schoenberg Choir )
• Wilhelm Pitz (1897–1973) (D, Bayreuth Festival Choir , Philharmonia Choir London )
• Hans-Christoph Rademann (* 1965) (D, Dresden Chamber Choir , RIAS Chamber Choir )
• Helmuth Rilling (* 1933) (D, Gächinger Kantorei etc.)
• John Rutter (* 1945) (GB, Cambridge Singers )
• Alessandro Zuppardo (* 1959), Leipzig Opera Choir

Church musicians and cantors

• Martin Berger (* 1972) (Würzburg Cathedral Choir)
• Elke Mascha Blankenburg (1943–2013) (D)
• Christian von Blohn (* 1963), Collegium Vocale Blieskastel
• Boris Böhmann (* 1964) (DKM Freiburger Domsingknaben )
• Sigmund Bothmann (* 1964) (KMD Bach Choir Gütersloh , Boys Choir Gütersloh )
• Christfried Brödel (* 1947) (KMD i. R., Meißner Kantorei 1961 )
• Jürgen Budday (* 1948) (KMD Maulbronn Chamber Choir )
• Thomas Dahl (* 1964)
• Klaus Fischbach (1935–2017), cathedral music director in Trier and director of the Klaus Fischbach Madrigal Choir in Saarbrücken
• Helmut Gleim (* 1935) (KMD Hallesche Kantorei , Collegium Vocale Halle )
• Tobias Gravenhorst (* 1962) ( Bremen Cathedral Choir )
• Hans Grischkat (1903–1977) (KMD, Swabian Singing Circle )
• Matthias Grünert (* 1973) ( Chamber Choir of the Frauenkirche Dresden )
• Christian Heiß (* 1967) (Domkapellmeister in Eichstätt Cathedral , since 2019 Domkapellmeister at Regensburg Cathedral )
• Wolfgang Helbich (1943–2013) ( Alsfeld vocal ensemble , Bremer Domchor , Bremer RathsChor )
• Volker Hempfling (* 1944) (KMD Kölner Kantorei )
• Matthias Janz (* 1947) (KMD Flensburg Bach Choir )
• Kay Johannsen (* 1961) (KMD Stuttgart Kantorei )
• Helmut Kickton (* 1956) ( Kreuznacher Diakonie Kantorei )
• Michael Kokott (* 1960) ( Cologne Youth Choir St. Stephan )
• Joachim Krause (* 1957) (CH, Basel Bach Choir )
• Hermann Kreutz (* 1931) (KMD, lecturer in choral conducting, Gütersloh Bach Choir (1957–1990), Münster Chamber Choir (formerly: Chamber Choir of the Münster University of Music), Bündheimer Kantorei (1964–2010))
• Dieter Kurz (* 1945) (KMD, Württemberg Chamber Choir )
• Volker Lutz (1941–2020) (KMD, Swabian Singing Circle )
• Hermann Max (* 1941) (D, KMD Rheinische Kantorei )
• Wolfram Menschick (1937-2010) (cathedral music director, composer, Eichstätter cathedral choir )
• Johannes Matthias Michel (* 1962) ( Bach Choir Mannheim , Chamber Choir Mannheim )
• Bernd Mischke (1953-2010) ( young choir at the music school Berlin-Wedding )
• Lothar Mohn (* 1954) (KMD, Kantorei St. Johannis Hanover)
• Michael D. Müller (* 1972) ( Marienkantor in Lübeck , Lübeck Knabenkantorei )
• Hermann Pabel (1901–1945) ( Choir of St. Hedwig's Cathedral Berlin: 1929–1934)
• Winfried Pesch (1928-2006) (KMD, Wupperfelder Kantorei , Wupperfelder Abendmusiken )
• Irénée Peyrot (* 1972) (Hallesche Kantorei, Halle (Saale) )
• Rudolf Pohl (* 1924) (Cathedral Kapellmeister, Aachen Cathedral Choir )
• Karl Rathgeber (* 1950) (KMD, Choir of the Evangelical Monastery of Tübingen, University Choirs Bayreuth, Regerchor Braunschweig)
• Karl Richter (1926–1981) ( Munich Bach Choir )
• Hans-Josef Roth (1934-2006) (KMD, Aachen Cathedral Choir)
• Hayko Siemens (* 1954) ( Munich Motet Choir )
• Hartmut Schmidt (1930–2006) (KMD, Municipal Music Association of Düsseldorf )
• Martin Gotthard Schneider (1930–2017) (KMD Heinrich-Schütz-Kantorei, Freiburg )
• Christoph Schoener (* 1953) (KMD Choir St. Michaelis, Hamburg )
• Martin Stephan (* 1952) (Kantorei an St. Nicolai, Westerland / Sylt)
• Gothart Stier (* 1938) ( Munich Bach Choir , Dresden Kreuzchor , Monteverdi Choir Hamburg , Robert-Franz-Singakademie Halle )
• Jörg Straube (* 1953) ( North German Figural Choir )
• Kurt Thomas (1904–1973) ( Thomanerchor , Frankfurter Kantorei )
• Alexander Wagner (1926–2019) ( Cantorei of the Christ Church Detmold , vocal ensemble alexander wagner )
• Hans Rudolf Zöbeley (1931–2007) (KMD, University Music Director, Munich Motet Choir , University Choir Munich , Philharmonic Choir Munich )

Head of boys' choirs

• Guntram Altnöder (1936–2005) ( Kiel Boys Choir )
• Jens Bauditz (* 1981) ( New Boys Choir Hamburg )
• Matthias Beckert (* 1976) ( Suhl Boys Choir )
• Martin Berger (* 1972) ( Würzburger Domsingknaben )
• Karl-Friedrich Beringer (* 1948) ( Windsbacher Boys Choir )
• Georg Christoph Biller (* 1955) ( St. Thomas' Choir )
• Boris Böhmann (* 1964) ( Freiburg Cathedral Boys' Choir )
• Christian Bonath (* 1979) ( Capella vocalis )
• Berthold Botzet (* 1961) ( Aachen Cathedral Choir )
• Jörg Breiding (* 1972) ( Hanover Boys Choir )
• Mathias Breitschaft (* 1950) ( Mainz Cathedral Choir )
• Roland Büchner (* 1954) ( Regensburger Domspatzen )
• Franz Xaver Engelhart (1861–1924) ( Regensburger Domspatzen )
• Martin Flämig (1913–1998) ( Dresden Kreuzchor )
• Hans Gillesberger (1909–1986) ( Vienna Boys' Choir )
• Ferdinand Grossmann (1887–1970) ( Vienna Boys Choir )
• Christian Heiss (* 1967) ( Regensburger Domspatzen )
• Gerhard Hellwig (1925–2011) ( Schöneberg Boys' Choir )
• Hans-Christian Henkel (* 1968) ( Kiel Boys Choir )
• Heinz Hennig (1927–2002) ( Hanover Boys Choir )
• Rainer Johannes Homburg (* 1966) ( Stuttgart Hymn Choirboys )
• Raimund Hug (* 1935) ( Freiburg Cathedral Boys' Choir )
• Martin Lehmann (* 1973) ( Windsbacher Boys' Choir , Wuppertaler Kurrende )
• Reinhard Kammler ( Augsburger Domsingknaben )
• Klaus Knubben (* 1947) ( Limburger Domsingknaben )
• Roderich Kreile (* 1956) ( Dresdner Kreuzchor )
• Hanns-Friedrich Kunz (* 1945) ( Stuttgart hymn choir boy )
• Erhard Mauersberger (1903–1982) ( St. Thomas' Choir )
• Rudolf Mauersberger (1889–1971) ( Dresden Kreuzchor )
• Eberhard Metternich (* 1959) ( Cologne Cathedral Choir )
• Michael D. Müller (* 1972) ( Lübeck Boys' Choir )
• Rosemarie Pritzkat ( Hamburg Boys Choir St. Nikolai )
• Beat Raaflaub (* 1946) ( Knabenkantorei Basel )
• Günther Ramin (1898–1956) ( St. Thomas' Choir )
• Georg Ratzinger (1924–2020), Domkapellmeister at the Regensburg Cathedral and director of the Regensburger Domspatzen 1964–1994
• Hans-Joachim Rotzsch (1929–2013) ( St. Thomas' Choir )
• Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden (* 1937) ( Tölzer Boys Choir )
• Theobald Schrems (1893–1963) ( Regensburger Domspatzen )
• Gotthold Schwarz (* 1952) ( Thomanerchor )
• Karl Straube (1873–1950) ( St. Thomas' Choir )
• Gerhard Wilhelm (1918–2009) ( Stuttgart hymn choir boy )
• Gerald Wirth ( Vienna Boys' Choir )

Head of school choirs

• Christian Frank (* 1968)
• Dietmar Schünicke (* 1944)

Further

• Antal Barnas ( Vienna Men's Singing Association )
• Siegfried Bimberg (1927–2008) ( Halle Madrigalist )
• Klaus Breuninger (* 1961) ( The Mastersingers )
• Fritz Bultmann (* 1937) ( Kodály Choir Hamburg )
• Gotthilf Fischer (* 1928) ( Fischer Choirs )
• Hans Gillesberger (1909–1986) ( Vienna Singing Academy )
• Ferdinand Grossmann (1887–1970) ( Chorus Viennensis , Vienna Men's Singing Association , Vienna Singing Association )
• Gerd Guglhör (* 1952) ( orpheus chor munich )
• Volkher Häusler (* 1958) ( Mendelssohn Chamber Choir Berlin )
• Christian Henking (* 1961) (Vocal College Bern)
• Eberhard Höngen (* 1944) ( Sängerkranz Harmonie Tübingen and others)
• Hugo Jahns (1931–2015), ( Omnibus Choir , Paul Robeson Choir)
• Jürgen Jürgens (1925–1994) ( Monteverdi Choir Hamburg )
• Ulrich Kaiser (* 1973) ( MDR children's choir )
• Eduard Kremser (1838–1914) ( Vienna Male Choir Association )
• Hans-Joachim Lustig , ( I Vocalisti , Chorknaben Uetersen )
• Gregor Meyer (* 1979) ( GewandhausChor Leipzig)
• Bernd Mischke (1953–2010) ( Music School Director, Cappella Vocale at the Bergische Musikschule )
• Ralf Otto (* 1956) ( Bach Choir Mainz , professor for choral conducting at the Mainz University of Music)
• Johannes Prinz (* 1958), Wiener Singverein
• Wolfgang Schäfer (* 1945) ( Freiburg vocal ensemble )
• Ekkehard Schreiber (1941–2008) ( Gewandhaus Children's Choir Leipzig, Gewandhaus Choir Leipzig)
• Morten Schuldt-Jensen (* 1958) (Immortal Bach Ensemble)
• Wolfgang Seeliger (* 1946) ( Darmstadt Concert Choir )
• Anton M. Storch ( Vienna Male Choir Association )
• Fritz ter Wey (* 1943) ( State Youth Choir North Rhine-Westphalia )
• Gerhard Track ( Vienna Boys Choir , Vienna Male Choir Association )
• Gustav Adolf Uthmann (1867–1920) (Free Singers' Circle, etc.)
• Jörg-Peter Weigle (* 1953) ( Philharmonic Choir Berlin )
• Stefan Weiler (* 1960) ( Mainz Figural Choir )
• Hellmut Wormsbächer (1925-2020) ( Bergedorfer Chamber Choir and others)