Volker Wangenheim

Volker Wangenheim (1 July 1928 – 23 April 2014) was a German conductor, composer and academic teacher. He was conductor of the orchestra in Bonn from 1957, shaping the orchestra and opening the new concert hall Beethovenhalle in 1959 after which the orchestra was named from 1963. He was also co-founder and conductor of the Bundesjugendorchester, and professor at the Musikhochschule Köln.

Life Berlin Wangenheim grew up in Berlin where he was born and studied violin, oboe, piano, composition and conducting at the Universität der Künste Berlin.

His main focus was on compositions of sacred choral music without instrumental accompaniment and in Latin, which he was inspired to do in his Berlin youth while listening to Gregorian chants in a Catholic church.

Awards Berliner Kunstpreis (1954)