Germany – Koblenz

Jürgen Böhme studied Conduction in Colonia with Henning Frederichs and at the GMD Volker Wangenheim. He also studied Sacred Music and Organ, Musicology, Philosophy and Germanistic at Bonn University, where he obtained the Philosophy Degree discussing a dissertation over Arnold Mendelssohn.

He worked at first as Official Cantor and Organist in Lϋnen (Westfalia), then as Orchestra Leader in Hamm. Later he collaborated as Choir Conductor at the Hallescher Philarmonie and at the Robert-Franz-Singakademie in Halle an der Saale and as University Musical Director in Saarbrücken.

Since 2000 he was University Musical Director, Artistic Practice and (until 2006) Conduction teacher in Koblenz-Landau, where he conducted the University Choir and Orchestra.

He was, at the same time, Musical Director at the International Festival “Jacques Offenbach”.

He worked as Conductor with the Philarmonische Staatsorchester di Halle, the Bochumer Sinfoniker, the Wϋrttembergische Sinfoniker and, during the “Musikfestspiele Saar”, the “New London Consort” with the “Dido and Aeneas” by Purcell.

He often collaborates with the Kaliningrad Symphonic Orchestra, the Lipetzk State Orchestra and the Voronež State Philharmonic Orchestra.

He conducted famous German Choirs as the Duisburg-Groβenbaum Cantory on the USA tour, the Schwerte Musical Association Choir, the Saarland University Chamber Choir, And the Bonner Bachgemeinschaft Choir.

Böhme collaborated with foreign choirs too, especially in the Russian Federation (Voronež Pedagogical University Chamber Choir, Jelez Philharmonic Choir, Lipetzk Philharmonic Children Choir), in Italy (Coro della Polifonica Materana), France and Scandinavia.

He is the founder and Artistic Director of the SϋdWestDeutsche Vokalensemble and of the Koblenz Jungen Chor.