Philipp Ahmann (born 1974) is a German conductor, especially known as a choral conductor. He has been the director of the

NDR Chor The NDR Chor (North German Radio Choir) is the choir of the German broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), based in Hamburg. It was founded in 1946, with Max Thurn as the first director of then 55 singers. The group has participated in premieres ...

from 2008 to 2018. Since 2020, Ahmann is the

MDR Rundfunkchor MDR Rundfunkchor is the radio choir of the German broadcaster Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR), based in Leipzig, Saxony. Dating back to 1924, the choir became the radio choir of a predecessor of the MDR in 1946, then called Kammerchor des Senders L ...

's artistic director.

Career

Ahmann studied conducting at the Musikhochschule Köln with

Marcus Creed Marcus Creed (April 19, 1951) is an English conductor. Born in Eastbourne, Sussex (South England), he was educated at Eastbourne Grammar School, King's College, Cambridge, Christ Church, Oxford, and Guildhall School in London. He moved to Ger ...

. He began to work with radio choirs in 2005 and has worked with the SWR Vokalensemble, the

WDR Rundfunkchor Köln The WDR Rundfunkchor Köln (West German Radio Choir Cologne) is the choir of the German broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), based in Cologne. It was founded in 1947. The choir premiered works by contemporary composers including Arnold Schoe ...

and the

Rundfunkchor Berlin The Rundfunkchor Berlin (Berlin Radio Choir) is a professional German classical choir founded in 1925. In the 1950s the choir was divided into the Berliner Solistenvereinigung and the Großer Chor des Berliner Rundfunks. These were united as Run ...

. In 2008 he was appointed director of the

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...

and created a concert series of the choir. From 2013 to 2016, he was also first guest conductor of the

in Leipzig. He led recordings of the NDR Chor and the MDR Chor. As of January 2020, he is the artistic director of the

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Philipp Ahmann verlängert Vertrag als NDR Chordirektor
presseportal.de 10 May 2013 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmann, Philipp German male conductors (music) 1974 births German choral conductors Living people 21st-century German conductors (music) 21st-century German male musicians