Peter Herrmann (composer)
Peter Herrmann (born December 19, 1941 in Chemnitz ; † October 28, 2015 ) was a German composer and university professor .
Life
Herrmann was born in Chemnitz in 1941. From 1956 to 1960 he studied violin at the Robert Schumann Conservatory in Zwickau . From 1960 to 1965 he studied violin and composition at the "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" University of Music in Leipzig with Fritz Geißler and Wilhelm Weismann . In 1965 he received the second prize at the International Composition Competition “ Prague Spring ” . From 1965 to 1967 he was a Mendelssohn scholarship holder of the Ministry of Culture of the GDR. From 1967 he taught at the Leipzig Theater School . In 1969 he became assistant for composition, instrumentation and form analysis at the Leipzig University of Music. In the same year he received the Leipzig City Art Prize . Ten years later he received the GDR Art Prize and the Hanns Eisler Prize from Radio DDR II . He became a full professor of composition in 1984. From 1984 to 1987 he was rector of the Leipzig University of Music.
student
Film music
literature
- Peter Herrmann. In: Peter Hollfelder : History of piano music. Volume 1, Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 1989, ISBN 3-7959-0436-6 , p. 329.
Web links
- Works by and about Peter Herrmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Peter Herrmann's website
- Peter Herrmann with composers in Dresden
Individual evidence
- ↑ History: Instrumental Competition 1965 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , competition.festival.cz, accessed on February 21, 2018.
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1843–1847) | Heinrich Conrad Schleinitz (1847–1881) | Otto Günther (1881–1897) | Carl Reinecke (1897–1902) | Arthur Nikisch (1902–1907) | Stephan Krehl (1907–1924) | Max von Pauer (1924–1932) | Walther Davisson (1932–1942) | Johann Nepomuk David (1942–1945) | Heinrich Schachtebeck (1945–1948) | Rudolf Fischer (1948–1973) | Gustav Schmahl (1973–1984) | Peter Herrmann (1984–1987) | Werner Felix (1987–1990) | Siegfried Thiele (1990–1997) | Christoph Krummacher (1997–2003) | Konrad Körner (2003–2006) | Robert Ehrlich (2006–2015) | Martin Kürschner (since 2015)
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| SURNAME | Herrmann, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chemnitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 2015 |