Aribert Reimann

Aribert Reimann

Born: March 4th, 1936
Country of origin: Germany

Upcoming:

Gedichte der Maria Stuart
Conductor: Alexander Liebreich
June 21st, 2012 | Prinzregententheater - München - Germany

Neun Stücke
Conductor: Matthias Pintscher
June 23rd, 2012 | City Halls - Glasgow - United Kingdom

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Chronology

1936
Born in Berlin on 4 March
1955
Completed secondary education in Berlin

Répétiteur at the studio of the Städtische Oper, Berlin
1955
Studied composition with Boris Blacher and Ernst Pepping and piano with Otto Rausch in Berlin
1957
Began his carrer as a pianist, both as soloist and accompanist
1958
Studied musicology at the University of Vienna
1962
Berlin Arts Award1962 for Music (Young Generation)
1963
Received Rome Prize and studied at the Villa Massimo
1965
First Prize of the Robert Schumann Prize 1964 of Düsseldorf
1966
Stuttgart Award for Young Composers
1971
Member of the Berlin Akademie der Künste

Critics Award for Music (1970) for his œuvre and particularly for the music of the balett "Die Vogelscheuchen"
1974
Professor of the Contemporary Lied at the Hamburg Musikhochschule
1976
Member of the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, Munich
1978
World premiere of the opera "Lear" at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich
1983
Professor of the Contemporary Lied at the Berlin Hochschule der Künste
1985
Member of the Freie Akademie der Künste, Hamburg

Received the Grand Cross for Distinguished Service of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Ludwig Spohr Prize of Braunschweig
1986
World premiere of the opera "Troades" at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich

Music Composition Award of the Prince Pierre Foundation of Monaco
1987
Bach Prize of the Free Hanseatic city of Hamburg
1988
Order of Merit of the state of Berlin
1991
Frankfurt Music Award
1992
World premiere of the opera "Das Schloß" at the Deutsche Oper, Berlin
1993
Member of the Order "Pour le Mérite" for Science and Art

Officier of the "Ordre de Mérite Culturel" of the Principality of Monaco

1995
Received the Grand Cross with Star for Distinguished Service of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1999
Commandeur de "l'Ordre de Mérite Culturel" de la Principauté de Monaco

"Goldene Nadel" of the German Association of Playwrites
2000
World Première of the opera "Bernarda Albas Haus" at the Bayerische Staatsoper München
2002
Music Award 2002 of the Cultural Foundation Dortmund

Senator of Honour of the University of Arts, Berlin

Berlin Arts Award 2002 for Music

Badge of Honour of the Freie Akademie der Künste, Hamburg
2003
Entry in the Golden Book of the City of Bonn

Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
2005
Honorary Member of the Deutscher Musikrat

Member of the 'Ordre de Saint Charles' of the Principality of Monaco
2006
Arnold Schönberg Prize Berlin

Aribert Reimann lives in Berlin
2010
"Medea" is chosen "World Première of the Year" by an international jury for German magazine "Opernwelt"
2011
GEMA German Music Authors Award (category "opera/lied")

Ernst von Siemens Music Award