Wolfgang Schäfer

Since 1982 Wolfgang Schäfer has been Professor of Choral Conducting at the Conservatory of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt am Main. In addition, he directs the annual festival and choral music seminar, the “Staufener Musikwoche.” From 1982 to 1997, as successor to Kurt Thomas and Helmuth Rilling, he was the conductor of the Frankfurter Kantorei. Wolfgang Schäfer has won prizes at various international competitions and he has made numerous radio, television, LP and CD recordings. In 1992 he conducted the festival concert in Namur, Belgium, in honor of the tenth anniversary of the International Federation for Choral Music. As a guest conductor he has recently conducted ensembles in Japan, Poland, Latvia and Portugal. He also conducted the Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart at the European Music Festival in 2003 and 2004. He has also been a lecturer and served as a juror at international symposiums and choral competitions in such countries as Italy, Hungary, Austria, Estonia, Canada and Korea.