Musician Dictionary

Wolfgang Rihm

German composer and teacher (1952–2024) · German composer

DescriptionGerman composer and teacher (1952–2024)
Source: Wikidata
Born1952-03-13
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
BirthplaceKarlsruhe Karlsruhe
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
Died2024-07-27
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
Place of deathEttlingen Ettlingen
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
AreaGermany
Source: MusicBrainz
CountryDE
Source: MusicBrainz
CitizenshipGermany
Source: Wikidata
Occupationmusicologist university teacher essayist librettist composer
Source: Wikidata
Instrumentspiano
Source: Wikidata
Genresopera symphony
Source: Wikidata
Member ofStaatskapelle Dresden German Academy for Language and Literature Academy of Arts, Berlin Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz European Academy of Sciences and Arts Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts North Rhine-Westphalia Academy for Sciences and Arts
Source: Discogs, Wikidata
AwardsMusikpreis der Stadt Duisburg Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art Pour le Mérite Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Reinhold Schneider Prize Rome Prize of the German Academy Villa Massimo Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres Robert Schumann Prize for Poetry and Music Officer of Arts and Letters Ernst von Siemens Music Prize Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
Source: Wikidata

Also known as

A. Rihm Rihm W. R. W. Rihm Wolfgang Rhim

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Identifiers

mbid: c5918618-2d84-420f-98b5-3a2d9de84cfe · wikidata: Q77031 · isni: 000000011442577X · ipi: 00060525109 · discogs: 502819 · spotify: 1LqZaxmZNvkNyC5FaICGkW · apple_music: 41976242

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