Master of vocal music: Composer Aribert Reimann dies – Culture




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He was showered with awards and concert halls around the world played his works. Now the German composer Aribert Reimann has died in his hometown of Berlin at the age of 88.

Aribert Reimann died on Wednesday at the age of 88 in Berlin, as his music publisher Schott Music announced on Thursday, citing the family. At his last public appearance in February, Reimann personally accepted the German Music Authors’ Prize from the collecting society Gema for his life’s work.

Legend:

Aribert Reimann in Berlin in his apartment in Charlottenburg.

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With his more than 70 works, he was considered one of the most important and most performed creators of contemporary music. The opera “Lear,” which premiered in 1978, made him world famous. Other major works for musical theater were “Troades”, “The Castle” and “Medea”.

An undisputed master

The Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, which supports him In 2011, who honored him with their prestigious award for his life’s work, called him the “undisputed master” of vocal music. “Reimann, who never followed the music business, never joined any direction (…) has had a decisive influence on the musical scene of the last decades,” it said in the laudatory speech.


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