Dieter Acker (3 November 1940 – 27 May 2006) was a German

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

born in

Sibiu, Romania Sibiu ( , , , Hungarian: ''Nagyszeben'', , Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'' or ''Hermestatt'') is a city in central Romania, situated in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Buch ...

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Career

Dieter Acker studied composition with

Sigismund Toduță Sigismund Toduță (17 May 1908 in Simeria – 3 July 1991 in Cluj-Napoca) was a Romanian composer, musicologist, and professor. Biography Toduță graduated from the Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art in Cluj in 1936. His instructors inclu ...

. In 1969, Acker moved from Transylvania (Romania) to Germany for political and artistic reasons. He later attended the Munich conservatory where in 1976 he received a professorship in composition. Acker taught a number of students that later became prominent composers, such as Wolfram Buchenberg, Ferran Cruixent, Oriol Cruixent, Marius Ruhlan, Florian Heigenhauser, Peter Wittrich and others. In 2000, the University of Cluj-Napoca awarded him an honorary doctorate. Dieter Acker wrote well over a hundred works, including orchestral compositions, six symphonies, instrumental concertos, and chamber music. He died in Munich, Germany in 2006.

Selected works

;Concertante * ''Musik'' for viola, harp and string orchestra (1992) ;Chamber music * Cantus duriusculus for brass quintet (1973) * Duo for viola and cello (1973) * Sonata for viola and piano (1985) * '' Equale II'' for 2 violas (1987) * Sonata for viola and harp (1987) * Trio for flute, viola and harp (or guitar) (1987) * Trio for clarinet, viola and piano (1992) * ''Arkaden II'' for viola and piano (1995)

References

External links

Official site
1940 births 2006 deaths German composers Musicians from Sibiu Transylvanian Saxon people 20th-century German musicians Romanian emigrants to Germany Romanian people of Russian descent Romanian people of Ukrainian descent Romanian people of Polish descent {{germany-composer-stub