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Aribert Reimann

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German composer, pianist and accompanist

GermanyMusiciansLived 1936 to 2024 · aged 88
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Aribert Reimann was a German composer, pianist, and accompanist, known especially for his literary operas. His version of Shakespeare's King Lear, the opera Lear, was written at the suggestion of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, who performed the title role.

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2016Robert Schumann Prize for Poetry and Music
2011Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
2006Arnold Schönberg Prize
2003Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
2002Berliner Kunstpreis
1999Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1995Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1993Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
1991Frankfurter Musikpreis
1988Order of Merit of Berlin
1987Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
1985Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Rome Prize of the German Academy Villa Massimo

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Aribert Reimann was a German composer, pianist, and accompanist, known especially for his literary operas. His version of Shakespeare's King Lear, the opera Lear, was written at the suggestion of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, who performed the title role. His opera Medea after Grillparzer's play premiered in 2010 at the Vienna State Opera. He was a professor of contemporary Lied in Hamburg and Berlin. In 2011, he was awarded the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize for his life's work.

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Germany
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Singer / Musician
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deceased
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Lived 1936 to 2024 · aged 88
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