Gerhard Hellwig

Gerhard Hellwig (17 July 1925 – 15 January 2011) was a German conductor and choir director.

After returning home from captivity, he founded the Schöneberger Sängerknaben on 12 November 1947.

He performed at the White House and at the German-American Steuben Parade in New York City, among other places.

Hellwig directed his boys' choir for more than sixty years until 2010, when he put the choir's work on hold due to eye surgery that same year.

At Christmas 2010, he fell in his apartment building on Budapest Street and suffered a fractured neck of the femur.