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Rolf Riehm

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German composer and oboist

GermanyMusiciansLived 1937 to 2026 · aged 88
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Rolf Riehm was a German composer who wrote stage and orchestral works as well as music for ensembles and solo instruments. He began as an oboist and music teacher and was later a professor of music theory at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main from 1974 to 2000.

Awards 3

1992Saarland Art Prize
Hindemith Prize of the City of Hanau
Rome Prize of the German Academy Villa Massimo

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Rolf Riehm was a German composer who wrote stage and orchestral works as well as music for ensembles and solo instruments. He began as an oboist and music teacher and was later a professor of music theory at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main from 1974 to 2000. He joined the wind ensemble Sogenanntes Linksradikales Blasorchester from 1976 to 1981 as oboist and arranger; they played at political demonstrations. His opera Sirenen was premiered at the Oper Frankfurt in 2014.

Country
Germany
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1937 to 2026 · aged 88
Written about in
8 languages

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