Helmut Oehring

Helmut Oehring (born 1961[1]) is a German composer. He was born in East-Berlin, the son of deaf parents.[1] After training as a construction worker, Oehring worked as a cemetery gardener, forest worker, geriatric nurse and stoker.[2] He is self-taught as guitarist and composer.[3] From 1990 to 1992, Oehring studied with Friedrich Goldmann and Georg Katzer at the Academy of Arts, Berlin.[4] He was a fellow of Villa Massimo in 1994/1995.[5] Oering is honorary professor for Théatre musical at the University of the Arts Bern.[3]

Awards

  • Hanns Eisler Prize (1990)[6]
  • Prize at the Young Composers Forum, WDR (1992)[1]
  • Scholarship of Lower Saxony (1993/94)[1]
  • Scholarship of the Villa Massimo (1994/95)[5]
  • Scholarship from the Cité des Arts (1994)[1]
  • Hindemith Prize of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival (1997)[6]
  • Schneider-Schott Music Prize (1998)[1]
  • Arnold Schönberg Prize (2008)[6]
  • German Music Authors' Prize in the music theater category (2015)[3]
  • Brandenburg Art Prize for Music/Composition (2016)[3]

Memberships

Works

  • c. 350 musical works of all genres[7]

Autobiography

  • Oehring, Helmut (2011). Mit anderen Augen vom Kind gehörloser Eltern zum Komponisten (in German). München. ISBN 978-3-442-75296-6. OCLC 756272841.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Helmut Oehring". Akademie Schloss Solitude (in German). 26 March 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Helmut Oehring". Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe (in German). 2 December 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Oehring". Akademie der Künste, Berlin (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Helmut Oehring". SAK (in German). 11 August 1965. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Stipendien". Villa Massimo (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  6. ^ a b c Herbon, Bernd (8 January 2012). "Musiker für Ohr und Auge". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Munich. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Helmut - Personen". Semperoper Dresden (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2022.

Further reading

  • ""Ich mische mich ein!"". Deutschlandfunk (in German). 13 July 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2022.

External links

  • Official website
  • Helmut Oehring: Biography
  • Wayback Machine
  • Helmut Oehring in Profile on JSTOR
  • Kurt Weill Festival – Artist in Residence 2011
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