Winfried Toll (born 1955) is a German conductor, singer, composer and academic teacher.
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| Born | 1955 (age 68–69) |
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| Discipline | Music |
| Institutions | Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts |
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Born in Dorsten, Toll first studied theologie and philosophy at University of Münster and the University of Freiburg. He then studied composition, music theory and music pedagogy with Klaus Huber and Brian Ferneyhough at the Musikhochschule Freiburg. He took master classes in singing with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, and in conducting with Helmuth Rilling.
From 1988, Toll has been conductor of the Camerata Vocale Freiburg, from 1994 to 2002 director of the choir Bach-Verein Köln, and from 1997 he has been the artistic director of the Frankfurter Kantorei. The same year he was appointed professor of the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main.
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- Literature by and about Winfried Toll in the German National Library catalogue
- Winfried Toll Frankfurter Kantorei (in German)
- Winfried Toll: Aus der tschechischen Musik strömt Kraft aus Radia Praha 2005 (in German)