About Frieder Bernius
Born 1947. Frieder Bernius is a German conductor, choir director and university teacher.
Frieder Bernius (born 22 June 1947) is a German conductor, the founder and director of the chamber choir Kammerchor Stuttgart, founded in 1968. They became leaders for historically informed performances. He founded the Stuttgart festival of Baroque music, Internationale Festtage Alter Musik, in 1987, and is a recipient of the Edison Award, Diapason d'Or (1990) and the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1993).
Career Frieder Bernius was born in Ludwigshafen-Oppau, the second child of the Protestant minister Helmut Bernius and his wife Inge, a church musician. They performed at Eberbach Abbey Schubert's "Gesang der Geister über den Wassern", and Ein deutsches Requiem by Brahms, with the Klassische Philarmonie Stuttgart.
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Who is Frieder Bernius?
Music conductor
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Frieder Bernius was born on 22 June 1947 in Ludwigshafen.
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Frieder Bernius is a conductor, choir director and university teacher.
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Frieder Bernius is German.
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