About Hans Jaskulsky

Hans Jaskulsky was born in Constance and studied at the Frankfurt Musikhochschule with Helmuth Rilling, Jiri Starek and others. He gained his doctorate under Ludwig Finscher in 1983 with a dissertation on “Die lateinischen Messen Franz Schuberts”. As University Music Director at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum from 1979 to 2016 he conducted the choir and orchestra, and ran music seminars at the Musicology Institute. In 1991 he founded the two chamber ensembles Collegium vocale and Collegium instrumentale Bochum which he still directs. He has made a name as a conductor through recordings and concert tours worldwide, as well as many concerts with international soloists, choirs, and orchestras (including the Bochumer Symphoniker).
He was made an honorary professor in 2008. Jaskulsky is chairman of the “Internationaler Arbeitskreis für Musik e.V.” From 2011 to 2018 he was President of the “Bundesvereinigung Deutscher Chorverbände e.V.”. In 2018 he was awarded the German Federal Cross of Merit by the President. Jaskulsky’s repertoire as a conductor ranges from unaccompanied choral music to choral-symphonic works and orchestral works in a wide range of styles, from Renaissance works to premieres and first performances of new compositions. The works of Johann Sebastian Bach and Franz Schubert form an essential and continuous focus running through Hans Jaskulsky’s creative work.