Aribert Reimann

German composer, pianist and accompanist · Germany · On the map · Musicians · Lived 1936 to 2024 · aged 88

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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2024Died13 March 20242016Robert Schumann Prize for Poetry and MusicAward2011Ernst von Siemens Music PrizeAward2006Arnold Schönberg PrizeAward2003Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and ArtAward2002Berliner KunstpreisAward1999Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward1995Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAwardMore about this1993Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts orderAward1991Frankfurter MusikpreisAward1988Order of Merit of BerlinAward1987Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of HamburgAward1985Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward1936Born4 March 1936

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Robert Schumann Prize for Poetry and Music2016

Ernst von Siemens Music Prize2011

Arnold Schönberg Prize2006

Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art2003

Berliner Kunstpreis2002

Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany1999

Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany1995

Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order1993

Frankfurter Musikpreis1991

Order of Merit of Berlin1988

Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg1987

Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany1985

Rome Prize of the German Academy Villa Massimo

About this person

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