Reinhard Goebel

Conductor and violinist Reinhard Goebel has been at the forefront of the historical performance movement as the founder and director of the Musica Antiqua Köln. Goebel has an impressive, well-regarded recording catalog, and following Musica Antiqua's run and his retirement from playing the violin, he has continued to conduct and has established himself as an educator of note. Goebel was born on July 31, 1952, in Siegen, then West Germany. He began lessons on the violin at age 12 and attended the Cologne Conservatory, where he studied with Franzjosef Maier. He would round out ...