Eckehard Mayer
Eckehard Mayer (born June 20, 1946 in Hainsberg ) is a German composer .
life and work
Eckehard Mayer was a member of the Dresden Kreuzchor from 1957 to 1965 . He then studied music in Leipzig. From 1970 to 1982 he worked at various theaters as a repetitor and conductor (including Volkstheater Rostock , Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden ). From 1982 to 2011 he worked at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden as a composer, conductor and pianist, with interruptions as director of drama music. In 1976 and 1984 he received the Carl Maria von Weber Prize for Composition. Eckehard Mayer lives in Dresden and has also been a writer since 2002.
Stage works (selection)
- Ballade for Nico and Maria (1978, chamber opera based on M. Richter)
- The way of love and death (1984, ballet after RM Rilke)
- The golden pot (1989, opera based on ETA Hoffmann, Dresden State Opera)
- Sansibar (1994, opera based on A. Andersch, Schwetzingen Festival / Bavarian State Opera)
- The meeting in Teltge (2000, opera based on G. Grass, premiere March 6, 2005 Theater Dortmund)
- Passage (2005, opera based on C. Hein, premier May 4, 2006 Landesbühnen Sachsen, Synagoge Dresden)
Writing activity
3 volumes of poetry, 2 diaries, 2 novels (2013 From now it's late ; 2016 The Proximity), 2 stories (2017 The Walk / To Rosmersholm) have been published by J a nos Stekovics.
Web links
- Eckehard Mayer in the archive of contemporary composers of the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Profile of Eckehard Mayer
- ^ Die Zeit April 22, 1994 Retrieved March 11, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mayer, Eckehard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hainsberg |