Gerhard Schmidinger
Gerhard Schmidinger (born August 17, 1943 in Linz ) is an Austrian composer .
Life
After completing his schooling at Wilhering Abbey High School , where he was taught music and singing by Balduin Sulzer , he studied at the Prayner Conservatory for Music and Dramatic Art in Vienna with Karl Etti and medicine , philosophy , art history and theater studies at the University of Vienna with Heinz Kindermann and Margret Dietrich . In 1975 he worked with Günter Kahowez . From 1975 to 1981 Schmidinger was a music teacher in Rohrbach and Bad Leonfelden . Schmidinger has lived as a freelance composer in Vorderweissenbach since 2005 .
His work, which mainly includes chamber music compositions as well as works for music theater and other vocal music , was influenced by Robert Fludd and Roman Haubenstock-Ramati and is based on the ancient harmony of the spheres and the correspondence between microcosm and macrocosm . He was also inspired by Brigitte Johanna Wasmeyer's color compositions and Franz Bardon's writings .
Awards
- Music Prize of the Vienna Art Fund (1971)
- Art Prize of the City of Linz
Individual evidence
- ^ Institute for Art and Music History Research: Schmidinger, Gerhard. In: www.musiklexikon.ac.at. January 1, 2002, accessed May 10, 2016 .
- ^ Schmidinger Gerhard Maximilian | Music database. In: db.musicaustria.at. Retrieved May 10, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidinger, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 17, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Linz |