Konrad Boehmer
Konrad Boehmer (born May 24, 1941 in Berlin ; † October 4, 2014 in Amsterdam ) was a German-Dutch composer . He was a professor at the Royal Academy of Music The Hague and read as a guest lecturer worldwide.
Life
Konrad Boehmer studied composition with Gottfried Michael Koenig from 1959 to 1961 , as well as philosophy, sociology and musicology at the University of Cologne . From 1961 to 1963 he worked among others with Karlheinz Stockhausen in the studio for electronic music of the WDR in Cologne. In 1966 he submitted his dissertation on the theory of open form in new music .
In the same year he moved to the Netherlands and worked at the Instituut voor Sonologie in Utrecht until 1968 . He had been the music editor of the weekly magazine Vrij Nederland since 1968 ; He continued this activity until 1973. From 1972 to 2006 he was Professor of Music History and Theory of New Music at the Royal Academy of Music in The Hague. 1994–2006 he headed the 'Instituut voor Sonologie', which was moved to The Hague in 1986.
In the seventies and eighties he was guest lecturer for composition at the 'Cursos Latinoamericanos de musica contemporanea' several times. Further teaching activities took him to the USA, Scandinavia and Germany.
The city of Rotterdam awarded him the Pierre Bayle Prize in 1985 for his publications on music and musical life, and in 1983 the Rolf Liebermann Prize for his opera Doctor Faustus .
He dressed u. a. chaired Buma / Stemra and the Association of Dutch Composers. Konrad Boehmer received the Order of Officers from Oranje-Nassau. As a music critic he worked for the Dutch magazine Vrij Nederland and published internationally on contemporary music and copyright.
Works (selection)
- Information (1964/1965, composition), awarded the prize of the Dutch broadcasting company AVRO in 1966
- Aspect (1965/1966, electronic composition), awarded the Grand Prize of the 'Ve Biennale de Paris' in 1968
- Doctor Faustus (1980–1983, music drama), awarded the Hamburg 'Rolf Liebermann Prize' in 1983
- Sensor (2007, electronic music theater with Albert Ostermaier )
literature
- Konrad Boehmer on chaos . Interview in: Süddeutsche Zeitung from 29./30. November 2008, p. VIII
- Konrad Boehmer: Double blows. Lyrics to music
- Vol. 1: 1958–1967, edited by Stefan Fricke , Christian Grün. Pfau, Saarbrücken 2009, ISBN 978-3-89727-407-5
- Vol. 2: 1968–1970, eds. Stefan Fricke, Christian Grün. Pfau, Saarbrücken 2014, ISBN 978-3-89727-467-9
- Karl Heinz Roth : Konrad Boehmer, composer and musicologist 1941–2014, in Sozial.Geschichte Online , 15, 2015, pp. 131–133 full text
Web links
- Works by and about Konrad Boehmer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website of Konrad Boehmer (English)
- Herman Sabbe: Konrad Boehmer. In: KDG - Composers of the Present , here partially accessible in: Munzinger Archive
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boehmer, Konrad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Dutch composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin , Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th October 2014 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |