Helmut Oehring (born 19611) 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 genres7
Autobiography
- 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
References
- "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.
- "Oehring". Akademie der Künste, Berlin (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- "Helmut Oehring". SAK (in German). 11 August 1965. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- "Stipendien". Villa Massimo (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- 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
Further reading
- ""Ich mische mich ein!"". Deutschlandfunk (in German). 13 July 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2022.