Gert Frischmuth

music educator

Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar for the subject of choral singing/choral conducting after additional studies in choral conducting. There he successfully directed, among other things, the chamber choir of the conservatoire, which won several awards.^[1] In 1979, he was appointed a Professor. In 1988, after twelve years as guest conductor and two years as interim leader, he was appointed choir director of the Leipzig Radio Choir, later to become the MDR Rundfunkchor. He led the choir until 1998, and under his direction it developed into one of the top choirs in Europe. He also conducted the Erfurt Male Choir for over forty years and, in 1998 and 1999, the Landesjugendchor Thüringen [de].^[2][3]