Jürgen Jürgens, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jürgen Jürgens

German choral conductor

Date of Birth: 05-Oct-1925

Place of Birth: Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 04-Aug-1994

Profession: conductor, choir director, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Jürgen Jürgens (Frankfurt am Main 5 October 1925 - Hamburg, 4 August 1994) was a German choral conductor and academic teacher. In 1955 he founded the award-winning Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg with whom he recorded for Archiv Produktion, focussing on works of Claudio Monteverdi. Later the choir became involved in the Telefunken/Teldec Bach cantatas project with the Leonhardt-Consort.