Burkhard Meier (2 July 1943 – 17 January 2001) was a German

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and composer.

Life

Born in , Meier studied choral conducting at the

Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" ' (, plural: ') is the generic term in German for institutions of higher education, corresponding to ''universities'' and ''colleges'' in English. The term ''Universität'' (plural: ''Universitäten'') is reserved for institutions with the right to ...

in Berlin and music education and German at the

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. He received further lessons from ,

Günter Kochan Günter Kochan (2 October 1930 – 22 February 2009) was a German composer. He studied with Boris Blacher and was a master student for composition with Hanns Eisler. From 1967 until his retirement in 1991, he worked as professor for musical com ...

and

Ruth Zechlin Ruth Zechlin (22 June 1926 – 4 August 2007) was a German composer. Life Ruth Oschatz was born in Grosshartmannsdorf, where she began piano lessons at the age of five years, and wrote her first composition at the age of seven. From 1943 to 1 ...

. From 1976 to 1979 he studied composition with Wolfgang Hohensee at the "Hanns Eisler" Music Academy. From 1967 he taught music theory and ear training in Greifswald and was appointed professor in 1989. In 1990 he became director of the Institute for Musicology and Music Education at the University of Greifswald. From 1997 he was professor of school-practical piano playing, and music composition at the

Rostock University of Music and Theatre The Rostock University of Music and Drama (short HMT, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock in German) is a College or university school of music, college of music in Rostock, Mecklenburg, Germany. It opened in 1994 and is situated in a ...

. He was a co-founder of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern regional association of the and its chairman from 1996 to 2000. Meier died in

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at the age of 67.

Awards

* 1984:

Hanns Eisler Prize The Hanns Eisler Prize was an East-German music award, named after the composer Hanns Eisler. It was awarded by Radio DDR – with advisory participation of the music section of the Akademie der Künste der DDR in Berlin (East) and the (VDK) � ...

* 2000: Landeskulturpreis Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Works

* ''Die Nachtigall'', children opera (after Hans Christian Andersen, 1968, Premiere: 1969) * ''Liederzyklus Lob des Sisyphus'' (1984) * ''Kausalitäten für Bläserquintett'' (1987) * ''Musik für Orchester'' (1987)

References

External links

* * ''Burkhard Meier'', Munzinger Online/Komponisten der Gegenwart, in ''

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