Volkher Häusler

Volkher Häusler (born 14 August 1958) is a German conductor, composer and church musician. He is artistic director of the MendelssohnKammerChor in Berlin.

Life Born in Krumbach, Bavaria, Häusler passed his Abitur in 1979 at the . He then began studying music at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, where he was taught, among others, by Hedwig Bilgram and in choral conducting by Fritz Schieri. At a summer course, he was taught by the musicologist Wilhelm Ehmann. In 1980, he took part in a master class on Baroque performance practice, led by the tenor Ernst Haefliger and the conductor Diethard Hellmann. In 1981, he began additional studies in concert organ with Bilgram. He conducted several world premieres with them of works by Volker Wangenheim, with whom he completed further conducting studies from 2004 to 2006. The ensemble was renamed in 2005 to MendelssohnKammerChor Berlin, indicating a focus on the works by Felix Mendelssohn, his sister Fanny Hensel and Arnold Mendelssohn, and others of the period.

In 1992, he took part in a master class at the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart with Helmuth Rilling. From 1994 to 1999, Häusler studied orchestral conducting at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar, where he was particularly influenced by Colin Metters and and graduated with a Kapellmeister diploma. and Eric Ericson. and teaches conducting, accompaniment, singing and choral voice training.

Recordings Kreuzberger Kantorei / Volkher Häusler: Schütz, Bach, Distler (1993) Kreuzberger Kantorei / Volkher Häusler: Pepping-Collection – Volume 10: Missa Dona nobis pacem, Ein jegliches hat seine Zeit, Chorale movements MendelssohnKammerChor Berlin / Volkher Häusler: Lukas-Passion by Schütz (2004)