Gerd Boder (13 June 1933, Saarbrücken – 2 June 1992) was a German composer. He studied music at the

Hochschule für Musik Saar The Hochschule für Musik Saar is a conservatory of music in Saarbrücken, Germany and dates back to 1947. From 1994 until 2002, it was named ''Hochschule des Saarlandes für Musik und Theater'' (University of Music and Drama Saarbrücken). Since ...

, the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Poitiers, and the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

. Among his teachers were Heinrich Konietzny,

Jean Rivier Alexis Fernand Félix Jean Rivier (21 July 1896 – 6 November 1987) was a French composer of classical music in the neoclassical style. The son of Henri Rivier, a co-inventor of Armenian paper, he composed over two hundred works, including mus ...

, and

Noël Gallon Noël Jean-Charles André Gallon (11 September 1891 – 26 December 1966) was a French composer and music educator. His compositional output includes several choral works and vocal art songs, 10 preludes, a ''Toccata'' for piano, a ''Sonata ...

. He won the Stuttgart Award for Young Composers in 1963 and 1968, was awarded the Prix de Composition Prince Pierre de Monaco in 1963, and received the Kunstpreis des Saarlandes, the most important cultural prize of this German federal state, in 1976.

Sources

*Kreutzer, Tomas: Ein Hoffnungsträger - Leben und Werk des Komponisten Gerd Boder. in: Musik in Saarbrücken - Nachklänge einer wechselvollen Geschichte (Im Auftr. des Saarländischen Rundfunks, SR 2 ). Hrsg.: Nike Keisinger, Ricarda Wackers. Saarbrücken: 2000. pg. 207-210 * Lücke, Martin: Gerd Boder: Leben und Werk, hrsg. von der Stadt Soest, Soest 2003 {{DEFAULTSORT:Boder, Gerd 1933 births 1992 deaths Conservatoire de Paris alumni Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Poitiers alumni Hochschule für Musik Saar alumni People from Saarbrücken 20th-century German composers Musicians from Saarland