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Hanns-Friedrich Kunz

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'''Hanns-Friedrich Kunz''' (born 21 February 1945) is a German [[choral conductor]].

== Life and career ==
Born in [[Ochsenhausen]], Kunz first studied music at the [[Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart]]. He then moved to Freiburg where he studied singing from 1969 to 1973. During his studies he was a member of the [[Gächinger Kantorei]] and attended Choir conducting lessons by [[Helmuth Rilling]] in Frankfurt.

He attended various [[master class]]es, among others with [[Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau]] and [[Erik Werba]]. In 1974 he won a prize in the category "Lied and Oratorio" at the [[ARD International Music Competition]] in Munich. In addition to his engagement as a concert singer at home and abroad, he was a lecturer at the music academies in Freiburg and Karlsruhe for many years.

From 1975 to 1987 Kunz was conductor of the Figuralchor Offenburg.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2Ixcn4w Figuralchor Offenburg]</ref> From 1987 to April 2006 he conducted the Bach Choir Tübingen.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2GovbRT Bach Choir Tübingen]</ref> In 1992 Kunz was appointed [[artistic director]] of the [[Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben]]. He held this position until his retirement in March 2010.

In 2002 he was awarded the title by the [[Landesbischof]]. (KMD). In 2003 he received the [[Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg]]. In March 2010 he was awarded the citizen medal by the mayor of the city of [[Stuttgart]].

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[[Category:1945 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Ochsenhausen]]
[[Category:German choral conductors]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg]]


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