About Volker Hempfling

Until 2014 the church musician and choral director Volker Hempfling conducted the Kölner Kantorei, which he founded in 1968. In 1983 he became director for the Gürzenich Choir in Cologne. He was Music Director and Cathedral Organist at the Altenberger Dom from 1972 to 1979. For 25 years Hempfling was Professor of Choral Conducting at the music conservatoires in Saarland and Düsseldorf. He is active as a music educator and jury member of several choral competitions and also editor of choral collections at Carus.