Heribert Beissel

Born in Wesel,[1] Beissel attended the Collegium Augustinianum Gaesdonck, a humanistic gymnasium.

He began his conducting career as a repetiteur and soon Kapellmeister at the Bonn Opera in 1955, where he remained until 1964.

He founded the Chur Cölnisches Solistenensemble in 1958, dedicated to the music at the Bonn court of the Electors of Cologne.

[2] Beissel and the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn recorded piano concertos by Mozart, No.

[5] They recorded the First Piano Concerto by Johannes Brahms live in 2017, with Ekaterina Litvintseva as the soloist.