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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Works
[edit]- c. 350 musical works of all genres[7]
Autobiography
[edit]- Oehring, Helmut (2011). Mit anderen Augen vom Kind gehörloser Eltern zum Komponisten (in German). München: btb. ISBN 978-3-442-75296-6. OCLC 756272841.
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Helmut Oehring". Akademie Schloss Solitude (in German). 26 March 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ↑ "Helmut Oehring". Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe (in German). 2 December 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Oehring". Akademie der Künste, Berlin (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- 1 2 "Helmut Oehring". SAK (in German). 11 August 1965. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- 1 2 "Stipendien". Villa Massimo (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- 1 2 3 Herbon, Bernd (8 January 2012). "Musiker für Ohr und Auge". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Munich. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ↑ "Helmut – Personen". Semperoper Dresden (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
Further reading
[edit]- ""Ich mische mich ein!"". Deutschlandfunk (in German). 13 July 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Helmut Oehring: Biography
- Wayback Machine
- Helmut Oehring in Profile on JSTOR
- Kurt Weill Festival – Artist in Residence 2011 Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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