Rainer Riehn
Rainer Riehn (born November 12, 1941 in Danzig ; † June 9, 2015 in Berlin ) was a German composer and conductor and co-editor of musicological magazines.
Life
Riehn studied musicology in Mainz , Zurich and Berlin and composition with Gottfried M. Koenig in Utrecht . In 1969, together with the music theorist Heinz-Klaus Metzger, he founded the “Ensemble Musica Negativa”, whose name and program were based on Theodor W. Adorno's “ Negative Dialectics ” and which was dedicated to performing radically “ New Music ”, among others . a. by John Cage (1912–1992), Morton Feldman (1926–1987), Earle Brown (1926–2002), José Luis de Delás (* 1928), Dieter Schnebel (1930–2018), Christian Wolff (* 1934) and Hans -Joachim Hespos (* 1938).
From 1977 to 2003, Metzger and Riehn published the musicological series Music Concepts in the Munich “edition text + kritik”; for this they received the German Critics' Prize in 1984. They continued their life's work between 2004 and 2010 in the querstand series . musical concepts continued. They also edited the two volumes of Adorno's compositions in the same publishing house.
In 1987, Riehn and Metzger worked as chief dramaturges at the Frankfurt Opera under Gary Bertini , where they initiated the composition and performance of "Europeras 1 & 2" by John Cage .
Compositions
- Chants de Maldoror . Electronic composition, realized in Utrecht
- nothing - but an adult's child's play . String trio (premiere by trio recherche, Konstanz 2002)
- Das Lied von der Erde by Gustav Mahler , arrangement for chamber ensemble by Arnold Schönberg , finished by Rainer Riehn (premiered by Ensemble Musica Negativa, Toblach 1983)
Web links
- Works by Rainer Riehn in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage of Heinz-Klaus Metzger and Rainer Riehn
- You don't change anything by not composing. Music and political engagement (Florian Neuner in conversation with Heinz-Klaus Metzger and Rainer Riehn)
- Florian Hauser: Rainer Riehn on his 70th birthday , DRS 2 , November 16, 2011 (Music of Our Time)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Riehn, Rainer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Danzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 2015 |
| Place of death | Berlin |