Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, German conductor and founder of the Tölzer Knabenchor, died on April 19, 2026, at the age of 88.
Born in Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia, on June 19, 1937, he was also an academic teacher. Schmidt-Gaden studied conducting with Kurt Eichhorn in Munich, choral conducting with Kurt Thomas in Leipzig, and singing with Helge Rosvaenge, Otto Iro and Mario Tonelli.
In 1956, he founded the Tölzer Knabenchor and conducted the boys’ choir until 2016.
Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, 88, German conductor, founder of the Tölzer Knabenchor.