Helmuth Rilling is a German conductor. He was born in Stuttgart into a musical family. He received his early training in Protestant seminaries in Württemberg. From 1952 to 1955, he studied organ, composition, and choral conducting at the Stuttgart College of Music. He completed his studies with Fernando Germani in Rome and at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena. While still a student in 1954, he founded his first choir, the Gächinger Kantorei. Wikipedia
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