Heribert Beissel

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Heribert Beissel (born 1933, Wesel, Germany) is a German orchestral conductor. He is perhaps best known for conducting works by 19th century Romantic composers, such as Chopin. His discography covers composers from Bach to Debussy. He is an alumnus of the Hochschule für Musik Köln where he studied conducting with Günther Wand and composition with Frank Martin. He began his conducting career in Bonn, and in 1968 founded the Chur Cölnischer Chor Bonn, which he still directs. He was the chief conductor of the Hamburger Symphoniker for 14 years, and director of the Folkwang-Kammerorchester at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen from 1979-1984. In 1986 he founded the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn, which he still directs. From 1991-1999 he was director of the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Halle, and is also the founder and director of the Landesjugendorchester Sachsen-Anhalt. From 2001-2006 he was director of the Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester in Frankfurt (Oder). User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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