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Volker David Kirchner
Born: June 25th, 1942
Country of origin: Germany
Chronology
1980
"Das kalte Herz" (1st version),1st symphony "Totentanz"
1942
Born on 25th June in Mainz
Begins to study the violin at the age of five; first attempts at composition at the age of eight
Begins to study the violin at the age of five; first attempts at composition at the age of eight
1956
Studies at the Peter-Cornelius-Konservatorium in Mainz with Günter Kehr (violin) and Günther Raphael (composition)
1959
Studies at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Cologne
Courses with Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Performs as a clarinettist and pianist in jazz groups
Courses with Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Performs as a clarinettist and pianist in jazz groups
1962
Solo violinist of the Rheinisches Kammerorchester Cologne
1964
Member of the Kehr-Trios; tours South Amerika, North Africa ans the Near East
Explores Indian Music
Explores Indian Music
1966
Member of the Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester-Frankfurt
1970
Co-founder of the Ensembles 70 Wiesbaden
up to 1974
Composes incidental music for more than 20 stage plays
1974
Förderpreis (musical award for further studies) of the Land Rheinland Pfalz
"Die Trauung", opera after Gombrowicz
"Die Trauung", opera after Gombrowicz
1975
String Sextett "Orphischer Gesang"
1977
Kunstpreis of the Land Rheinland-Pfalz
1977
"Die fünf Minuten des Isaak Babel", "Golgatha", Piano Trio
1981
"Bildnisse I und II" for orchestra; Violin concerto; "Nachtstück"; String Quartet; "Mysterion"; "Belshazar"; Songs on texts by Goethe; Piano Sonata
1986
World premiere of "Belshazar" at the ayerische Staatsoper Munich; "Orfeo"-Cycle, after poems by Rilke
1988
"Das kalte Herz", new version, world première in October 1988, Munich Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz; Requiem "Messa di pace" for soloists, mixed-voice choir and orchestra, world première in Moscow in June 1990 as a part of the festival "Music Culture of Today"; "Erinys", world première in Wuppertal in April 1990; "Schibboleth"
1992
Member of the advisory board of the Villa Musica Foundation, Mainz
Received the Gutenberg Medal of the City of Mainz
Symphony No.2 "Mythen", world première in Wiesbaden in July as part of the Rheingau Musik Festival; "Bildnisse III"
Received the Gutenberg Medal of the City of Mainz
Symphony No.2 "Mythen", world première in Wiesbaden in July as part of the Rheingau Musik Festival; "Bildnisse III"
1993
"Missa Moguntina", world première in Mainz Cathedral in November
1994
Won the first prize of the Rheingau Music Festival Award
"Hortus magicus"; string Sextet "Gethsemani"
"Hortus magicus"; string Sextet "Gethsemani"
1995
Composition Award of the Noedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung and the Kreissparkasse Hannover
"Inferno d'amore", first staged performance in March, Niedersächsisches Staatstheater Hannover; clarinet quartet "Exil"
"Inferno d'amore", first staged performance in March, Niedersächsisches Staatstheater Hannover; clarinet quartet "Exil"
1997
"Concerto for horn and orchestra", world première at the Schleswig-Holstein Festival; "Labyrinthos", chamber opera, written for the opening of the small theatre of the Mainz Staatstheater in October 1997; "Der Leiermann"
1998
"Aus den 53 Tagen", Passion music for the 93rd Catholics´Day; "Concerto for Oboe"; "Gesang im Feuer"; sextets "Il canto della notte" and "Gesang im Feuer"
1999
"Memento"; "Menuha", part 2 of the Ghetto trilogy with "Der Leiermann" and "Gesang im Feuer"
2000
Opera "Gilgamesh", world première st the Hannover Niedersächsisches Staatstheater as part of the EXPO 2000 in May
Volker Davis Kirchner lives near to Mainz
Volker Davis Kirchner lives near to Mainz
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