Helmut Oehring Explained

Helmut Oehring (born 1961) is a German composer. He was born in East-Berlin, the son of deaf parents. After training as a construction worker, Oehring worked as a cemetery gardener, forest worker, geriatric nurse and stoker.^[1] He is self-taught as guitarist and composer.^[2] From 1990 to 1992, Oehring studied with Friedrich Goldmann and Georg Katzer at the Academy of Arts, Berlin. He was a fellow of Villa Massimo in 1994/1995.^[3] Oering is honorary professor for Théatre musical at the University of the Arts Bern.

Awards

• Hanns Eisler Prize (1990)
• Prize at the Young Composers Forum, WDR (1992)
• Scholarship of Lower Saxony (1993/94)
• Scholarship of the Villa Massimo (1994/95)
• Scholarship from the Cité des Arts (1994)
• Hindemith Prize of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival (1997)^[4]
• Schneider-Schott Music Prize (1998)^[5]
• Arnold Schönberg Prize (2008)
• German Music Authors' Prize in the music theater category (2015)
• Brandenburg Art Prize for Music/Composition (2016)

Memberships

• 2005 Academy of Arts, Berlin
• 2013 Sächsische Akademie der Künste^[6]

Works

• 350 musical works of all genres^[7]

Autobiography

• Book: Oehring, Helmut . Mit anderen Augen vom Kind gehörloser Eltern zum Komponisten . München . 2011 . 978-3-442-75296-6 . 756272841 . de.

Further reading

• Web site: "Ich mische mich ein!" . . 13 July 2019 . de . . 2 December 2022.

External links

• • Helmut Oehring: Biography
• Wayback Machine
• Helmut Oehring in Profile on JSTOR
• Kurt Weill Festival – Artist in Residence 2011

Notes and References

1. Web site: Helmut Oehring . Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe . 2 December 2022 . de . 2 December 2022.
2. Web site: Oehring . Akademie der Künste, Berlin . de . 2 December 2022.
3. Web site: Stipendien . Villa Massimo . de . 2 December 2022.
4. News: Herbon . Bernd . 8 January 2012 . Musiker für Ohr und Auge . . Munich . German . 26 August 2017.
5. Web site: Helmut Oehring . Akademie Schloss Solitude . 26 March 2020 . de . 2 December 2022.
6. Web site: Helmut Oehring . SAK . 11 August 1965 . de . 2 December 2022.
7. Web site: Helmut - Personen . Semperoper Dresden . de . 2 December 2022.