Artistic Director

Karl-Friedrich Beringer Charisma and musical passion

 „The purest sound,“ raved the heading in the Hamburg Woche’s review, inspired by a concert of the Windsbach Boys Choir. Karl-Friedrich Beringer’s newly released CD of Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the choir was praised as „outstanding“ by Berlin Radio (rbb). In Nürnberg, the concert reviews commended Beringer’s ability to „give breath to the coordination of sound.“  

Karl-Friedrich Beringer has directed the Windsbach Boys Choir since 1978 and led the choir to international renown. In his musical work with the choir, he focuses on the great a cappella literature from the Renaissance to the present, yet he also works regularly with outstanding orchestras, such as the Symphony Orchestra of the Bayerischer Rundfunk (Munich), the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester (Berlin), the German Chamber Virtuosos of Berlin, and the Munich Chamber Orchestra. In 2003, Beringer appeared for the first time as guest conductor with the Academy for Early Music of Berlin.

As a choral and orchestral conductor, Beringer has appeared with the Windsbach Boys Choir at many international music festivals, including the Bachfest in Schaffhausen, Leipzig’s International Bach Festival, the Brandenburg Sommer Concerts, and the Rheingau Music Festival. The status that he enjoys with the choir has drawn many invitations to important festivals and concert tours (USA, South America, Japan, and Israel).

For his performances of J. S. Bach’s great choral works (B-minor Mass, St. Matthew and St. John Passions) and G. F. Handel’s Messiah, as well as Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy’s Elijah, W. A. Mozart’s Requiem, and Igor Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms, Karl-Friedrich Beringer has received particular recognition. Most of these works have been released on CD, or in television and radio productions. For his many cultural and musical accomplishments, Beringer has received many awards, including an honorary doctorate from the theological seminary „Augustana“ in Neuendettelsau in 2008.