Rainer Böhm (composer)

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Rainer Böhm (born February 23, 1952 in Berlin ; † May 21, 2013 there ) was a German composer .

Life

Böhm studied composition and conducting at the "Hanns Eisler" University of Music in Berlin . Afterwards he was a master class student for composition at the Academy of Arts in Berlin. In 1984 he became musical director at the Berliner Ensemble . He worked with theater directors such as Heiner Müller , Christoph Schroth , Claus Peymann and Manfred Wekwerth . He also wrote a number of pieces of music for the documentary film director Volker Koepp .

Awards

Film music (selection)

Radio play music

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Berlin ensemble drama musician Rainer Böhm is dead , Nachtkritik.de , accessed on August 20, 2013.
  2. ↑ The Berliner Ensemble erroneously stated May 22nd in its press release, but the correct date is May 21st.
  3. ↑ Awarded for the music to The Downfall of the Centaur by Víctor Carvajal in the Institute for Drama Directing and to If He Had an Angel by Margarete Steffin in the Theater der Freundesität. See Berliner Zeitung of September 28, 1978, p. 6
  4. ↑ Awarded for the music for The Quarrel over the Doll by Víctor Carvajal in the Theater of Friendship. See Berliner Zeitung from 2/3. October 1982, p. 7
personal data
SURNAME Bohm, Rainer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 21st May 2013
Place of death Berlin