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)