Rainer Böhm (23 February 1952 – 21 May 2013) was a German composer.

Life

Born in Berlin, Böhm studied composition and 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 ...

. Afterwards he was a master student for composition at the

Academy of Arts, Berlin The Academy of Arts () is a state arts institution in Berlin, Germany. The task of the Academy is to promote art, as well as to advise and support the states of Germany. The academy's predecessor organization was founded in 1696 by Elector F ...

. In 1984 he became musical director at the

Berliner Ensemble The Berliner Ensemble () is a German theatre company established by actress Helene Weigel and her husband, playwright Bertolt Brecht, in January 1949 in East Berlin. In the time after Brecht's exile, the company first worked at Wolfgang Langh ...

. He worked with theatre directors such as

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, , and

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. He also wrote several scores for the documentary film director

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. Böhm died in Berlin at the age of 61.

Awards

* 1978: Critics Prize of the ''

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''. * 1982: Critics Prize of the ''Berliner Zeitung''.Verliehen für die Musik zu ''Der Streit um die Puppe'' by Víctor Carvajal im Theater der Freundschaft. Vgl. ''Berliner Zeitung'' 2/3 October 1982, * 1983: Hanns Eisler Prize

Film musics

* 1971: ''Frankfurter Tor'' * 1976: '' Mama, I'm Alive'' * 1976: '' Hostess'' * 1979: '' Am Fluss'' * 1979: '' Tag für Tag'' * 1980: '' Blaue Pferde auf rotem Gras'' (Theatre recording) * 1982: ''In Rheinsberg'' * 1981: ''Verflucht und geliebt'' * 1981: '' Casanova auf Schloss Dux'' (Television play) * 1983: ''Mein Vater ist ein Dieb'' * 1984: '' Leben in Wittstock'' * 1984: '' Iphigenie in Aulis'' (Theatre recording) * 1984: ''Amok'' * 1985: '' Ete und Ali'' * 1989: '' Die Beteiligten'' * 1991: '' Letzte Liebe'' * 1993: ''

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'' * 1998: ''Victor Klemperer – Mein Leben ist so sündhaft lang'' * 2002: ''Uckermark'' * 2005: ''Schattenland – Reise nach Masuren'' * 2007: ''Holunderblüte'' * 2007: ''Söhne'' * 2009: ''Berlin-Stettin''

Radio play music

* 1978: ''Der Aufschub'' – director: (radio play –

Rundfunk der DDR Rundfunk der DDR (, 'GDR Broadcasting'; from about 1948 to 1972 Deutscher Demokratischer Rundfunk, 'German Democratic Broadcasting') was the collective designation for radio broadcasting organized by the State Broadcasting Committee in the East ...

)

References

External links

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Rainer Böhm
on Filmportal

beim bit-Verlag
Rainer-Böhm-Archiv
in the archive of the

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