Eberhard Metternich (b. 24 July 1959 in

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) is a German catholic church musician, school musician, singer, cathedral

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and professor for choral conducting in Cologne. Metternich sang with the

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as a youth. After his schooling, which ended in 1979 with the

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at the in

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, he studied school music,

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and singing in Cologne and later continued his studies in choral conducting at the

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with

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. He also studied in Vienna and with

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in Stockholm. In 1985 Metternich became

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. In 1987 he was called to Cologne as . Responsible for the conception of the Cologne Cathedral Music, he expanded the "Musikschule des Kölner Domchores" and founded the concert series "Geistliche Musik am Dreikönigsschrein" in 1991. Among other things, he conducts the Vokalensemble Kölner Dom and the Kölner Domchor. In addition, Metternich led the ''collegium vocale limburg'' until the mid-1990s. Since 1993, Metternich has been a lecturer for choral conducting at the

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. In 2001 he was appointed honorary professor there.Eberhard Metternich
on

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Awards

With the Cologne Cathedral Choir he won first prize at the 6th (2002) in Osnabrück in the category "Knabenchöre". With the collegium vocale limburg he won the 1st prize in the category "male chamber choirs" at the 2nd German Choir Competition (1985) in Hanover.

Publication

* Carl Leibl: Mass No. 3 in E flat major, published as first edition in the series.

References

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