Kurt Dietmar Richter
Kurt Dietmar Richter (born September 24, 1931 in Pilsen , Czechoslovakia ; † January 15, 2019 in Berlin ) was a German composer and conductor .
Life
Richter was born on September 24, 1931 in Pilsen (Czechoslovakia). His father was a high school professor . At his mother's insistence, he attended a music school, where he was appointed deputy concertmaster at the age of twelve . After the war, his family moved from the Sudetenland to Erfurt . He was married to Dorothea Richter-Radtke since 1968 and has four sons.
Musical career
Kurt Dietmar Richter was a member of the Thuringian Boys' Choir when he was a child. From 1946 to 1949 he attended the Pforta State School . He studied with Dieter Zechlin and Franz Jung at the Thuringian State Conservatory in Erfurt. Inspired by his Erfurt music teacher, he was u. a. fascinated by Paul Hindemith and new music . Later he was a master student with Johann Cilenšek at the Academy of Arts in Berlin. He then worked as a conductor at the Döbeln city theater and the Erfurt opera house , the Greifswald theater and the Schwerin Philharmonic . In 1990 he founded the Berlin artists' initiative die neue brücke . His works were u. a. Performed in the Schauspielhaus Berlin , Theater Greifswald and Konzerthaus Berlin .
Awards
- 1948: a cappella choir prize from the Pforta State School
- 1977: 4th prize at the International TV Opera Competition Salzburg / UNESCO
- 1980: Carl Maria von Weber Prize of the City of Dresden
- 1982: Carl Maria von Weber Prize of the City of Dresden
- 1984: Hanns Eisler Prize
- 1993: Paul Woitschach Prize
- 1995: Württemberg Composition Prize
- 1996: Saarlouis Composition Prize
- 1999: Composition Prize from the North Rhine-Westphalia Singers' Association
- 2000: Spanish a cappella choir award
- 2001: Weimar Spring Days composition prize for contemporary music
- 2003: Composition Prize of the State of Brandenburg
- 2004: Friedrich Silcher Composition Prize Württemberg
- 2005: Prize at the composition competition of the Humanist Association of Germany
Works
- 1962 youth opera The traveling student
- 1964 Opera Pacific
- 1970 Second Opera
- 1977 TV opera Probation Above the Clouds ( GDR television )
- 1978 Opera The Embarrassed Magistrate
- 1982 opera The story of love and salt
- 1984 Mini-Opera Marx liked to play chess
- 1985 opera Adam and Eve
Radio play music
- 1990: Lew Lunz : The City of Justice - Director: Peter Groeger (radio play - Funkhaus Berlin)
Web links
- Website by Kurt Dietmar Richter
- Kurt Dietmar Richter at the Neue Musik publishing house
- Kurt Dietmar Richter at the Dohr publishing house
Individual evidence
- ^ A b André Bochow: New Music, Old Conditions in Märkische Oderzeitung from 23/24. June 2018, p. 3
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Judge, Kurt Dietmar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pilsen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th January 2019 |
| Place of death | Berlin |