Klaus Wallrath

Klaus Wallrath (born 13 May 1959) is a German church musician and composer. He has been responsible for church music at the Basilika St. Margareta in Düsseldorf-Gerresheim from 1987. He has composed especially song motets (Liedmotetten) on Christian hymns, and musicals on Biblical themes for children's choirs. Compositions have been commissioned for Cologne Cathedral and the Katholikentag.

Life Born in Korschenbroich, near Mönchengladbach, as a schoolboy Wallrath was given piano and organ lessons by Franzjosef Franzen (1927–1997). After his Abitur at the , Wallrath studied church music at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf from 1977 to 1982: he was trained in Catholic church music and choral conducting by Heinz Odenthal, and conducting by Hans Kast. He graduated with the post of Kantor. He went on to study piano with Leonore Auerswald, achieving a performing certificate in 1985. Herr, du bist mein Leben (2018), on "Herr, du bist mein Leben", for mixed choir, congregation, organ and brass, for Pueri Cantores Ich sing dir mein Lied (2020), for mixed choir, children's choir and piano, or organ, or brass, for Stephanie Borkenfeld-Müllers and the choir of Es führt drei König Gottes Hand (2020), for mixed choir and organ, for the Cologne Cathedral choirs

Children's musicals Zwischen Linsengericht und Himmelsleiter (2013), children's musical for children's choir and ensemble , text: Ronald Klein, music: Max and Klaus Wallrath Kein Platz im Wunderteich? – Bethesda wird zum Ort der Gnade (2015), short musical for children's choir and instruments, text: Ronald Klein, commissioned by St. Severin, Cologne Elias - Jahwe ist mein Gott (2016), musical for children's choir, instruments, text: Ronald Klein, music: Max and Klaus Wallrath Ein Kind für die Welt (2019), nativity play for children's choir, flute, violin and piano, text: Florian Simson Josef und seine Brüder (2020), musical for children's choir, instruments, text: Florian Simson, music: Max and Klaus Wallrath