Horst Förster (born 13 September 1933) is a German conductor and musicologist who lives and works in Berlin.
This was followed by studies in musicology at the Leipzig Academy of Music, which he completed with a diploma in 1963.
He was awarded a doctorate with the dissertation Die Form in den symphonischen Werken von Alexander Scriabin.
With the Leipzig Academic Orchestra, which he conducted for 60 years,[2] Förster gave concerts in numerous countries in Europe and in the US, Canada, China and Japan.
In Schwerin, he played a leading role in establishing the local branch of the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin from 1981.