Michael Stöckigt (born 1957) is a

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and

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. His father is the East German pianist Siegfried Stöckigt. In 1973 Michael Stöckigt became a master student in composition of

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at the Berlin College of Music "Hanns Eisler". He was awarded in Australia, Austria (International Composition Competition, 1981) and Italy. Today he is a

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in Berlin and at the University of Music and Theatre in Rostock. As a pianist he performed in

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and the

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. He composes for musicians such as the

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20110612095321/http://www.berlin.de/ba-neukoelln/presse/archiv/20081125.1015.115110.html 1957 births 20th-century German classical composers 21st-century German classical composers German pianists Mendelssohn Prize winners Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin Living people German male classical composers German male pianists 21st-century German classical pianists 20th-century German male musicians 21st-century German male musicians {{classical-pianist-stub