Helmut Oehring
German composer
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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: btb. ISBN 978-3-442-75296-6. OCLC 756272841.