Paul-Heinz Dittrich

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Paul-Heinz Dittrich (born December 4, 1930 in Gornsdorf ; † December 28, 2020 in Berlin ) was a German composer .

life and work

From 1951 to 1956 Dittrich studied composition with Fidelio F. Finke and conducting with Günther Ramin at the Leipzig University of Music and was choir conductor with the FDGB ensemble in Weimar until 1958 . From 1958 to 1960 he studied as a master class student with Rudolf Wagner-Régeny and was director of the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Ensemble in Berlin until 1963 . From 1960 to 1976 he was an assistant at the Hanns Eisler Music Academy ; after that he worked freelance.

In 1979 he became a professor of composition in Berlin. In 1981 he was Scholar-in-Residence at the Bellagio Center in Italy. In 1984 he stayed at IRCAM and the Sorbonne in Paris. From 1983 to 1991 he trained master students at the Academy of Arts of the GDR , including Klaus Martin Kopitz (1985–1987), Hannes Zerbe (1985–1987), Annette Schlünz (1988–1991) and Péter Kőszeghy (1993–1999).

In 1990 Dittrich became a professor at the Hanns Eisler University of Music in Berlin. In 1991 he founded the Brandenburg Colloquium New Music at the Rheinsberg Music Academy , of which he was artistic director.

Dittrich composed works of orchestral and chamber music, cantatas and songs . The chamber music I (with tape), III (with vocals), V (with live electronics), VII “The Blind” (with 5 speakers) and XI “Journal de poemes” were commissioned for the Berlin Wind Association .

Dittrich was a member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin and the Saxon Academy of Arts in Dresden. He was considered one of the most influential and well-known composers for serious contemporary music in Germany and was in contact with personalities such as Carlfriedrich Claus , Burkhard Glaetzner , Vinko Globokar , Sofia Gubaidulina , Hans Peter Haller , Hans Werner Henze , Heinz Holliger , Herbert Kegel , Marek Kopelent , Aurèle Nicolet , Luigi Nono , Heinrich Schiff and Karlheinz Stockhausen . A comprehensive archive is located at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin.

Dittrich lived in Zeuthen . He died in Berlin a few weeks after his 90th birthday.

Works

In 2014, Dittrich's compositions chamber music VII on the subject of Die Blinden by Maurice Maeterlinck from 1984 and Käfig-Musik from 1986 based on the story The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka were performed in the State Opera Unter den Linden in Berlin .

Visiting professorships

Awards

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Composer Paul-Heinz Dittrich has died , deutschlandfunkkultur.de, published and accessed on December 29, 2020.
  2. ^ Paul-Heinz Dittrich on www.adk.de
  3. ^ The way of the beetle in the cage in FAZ from April 2, 2014, page 12.
personal data
SURNAME Dittrich, Paul-Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH 4th December 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Gornsdorf
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 2020
Place of death Berlin