Diethard Hellmann

Diethard Hellmann
Hellmanns in 1953
Born	(1928-12-28)28 December 1928 Grimma, Saxony, Germany
Died	14 October 1999(1999-10-14) (aged 70) Deisenhofen, Bavaria, Germany
Education	Thomanerchor
Occupations	Church musician Composer Academic teacher
Organizations	Christuskirche, Mainz Peter Cornelius Conservatory Musikhochschule München

Diethard Hellmann (28 December 1928 – 14 October 1999) was a German Kantor, composer and academic teacher, first in Leipzig at the Friedenskirche and the Musikhochschule, then from 1955 in Mainz at the Christuskirche and the Peter Cornelius Conservatory, finally in Munich where he was president of the Musikhochschule München from 1981 to 1988. He was known for a weekly Bach cantata in Mainz, broadcast by SWR.