Wilfried Krätzschmar (born 23 March 1944) is a German

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

Life

Born in

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, Krätzschmar received piano lessons from 1952. After his Abitur at the he studied composition with Johannes Paul Thilman from 1962 to 1968, piano with Wolfgang Plehn and conducting with

Klaus Zoephel Klaus Zoephel (16 July 1929 – 27 January 2017) was a German composer and Conducting, conductor. Life Born in Plauen, ready at a young age, during the Second World War, Zoephel worked as an organist in various places in his native Vogtland. Af ...

at the

Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden ' (, plural: ') is the generic term in German for institutions of higher education, corresponding to ''universities'' and ''colleges'' in English. The term ''Universität'' (plural: ''Universitäten'') is reserved for institutions with the right to ...

. In 1963 he conducted a trombone choir in Dresden. From 1968 to 1969 he took over the direction of incidental music at Theater Meiningen. After this time he returned to the Dresden Academy of Music as an aspirant of

Fritz Geißler Fritz Geißler (or Geissler) (16 September 1921 in Wurzen, Saxony – 11 January 1984 in Bad Saarow, Brandenburg) was one of the most important composers of the German Democratic Republic. The son of Elsa and Walther Geißler, he was raised in m ...

. In 1975 he took over artistically the Centre for the Promotion of Young Composers of the District of Dresden. In 1988 he was appointed extraordinary professor in Dresden. From 1991 to 2003 he was rector of the Dresden University of Music and from 1992 to 2009 full professor for

musical composition Musical composition can refer to an Originality, original piece or work of music, either Human voice, vocal or Musical instrument, instrumental, the musical form, structure of a musical piece or to the process of creating or writing a new pie ...

. In 2003 he was appointed president of the . From 2011 to 2014 Krätzschmar was vice president and from 2014 to 2017 President of the

Sächsische Akademie der Künste The Sächsische Akademie der Künste (Saxon Academy of Arts) is a German cultural organisation for the state of Saxony, based in Dresden. Purpose The Academy is a statutory corporation to promote the arts in Saxony, make proposals for its pro ...

Awards

* 1971 Förderpreis des Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Wettbewerbes * 1972 and 1973

Mendelssohn Scholarship The Mendelssohn Scholarship () refers to two scholarships awarded in Germany and in the United Kingdom. Both commemorate the composer Felix Mendelssohn, and are awarded to promising young musicians to enable them to continue their development. Hi ...

des Ministeriums für Kultur * 1979

Hans Stieber Prize The Hans Stieber Prize is a promotional prize for composers of serious and light music, which is awarded by the fiduciary trust ''Hans Stieber Foundation'' of the ''Landesverband Sachsen-Anhalt '' based in Halle (Saale). The name giver and dedic ...

of the Komponistenverbandes Halle * 1980 des Rundfunks der DDR * 1985 * 1986

Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic The Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic (German: ''Kunstpreis der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik'') was an East German state award bestowed on individuals for contributions in various fields of art. History The Art Prize was annually a ...

* 1990 Kritikerpreis der DDR-Musiktage * 2012 des Sächsischen Musikrates

Compositions

* 1974: ''Suoni notturni'' for solo flute and ensemble, UA Dresden * 1976: ''Hölderlin-Fragmente'' for solo flute and ensemble, UA Dresden * 1979: 1. Sinfonie, UA Dresden * 1980: 2. Sinfonie ''Explosionen und Cantus'', UA Berlin * 1982: ''Heine-Szenen'' for baritone, choirs, organ and orchestra, UA Leipzig * 1982: 3. Sinfonie, UA Berlin * 1985: 4. Sinfonie, UA Dresden * 1987: ''scenario piccolo'' for piano and ensemble, UA Dresden * 1987: ''cataracta'' for orchestra, UA Berlin * 1988: ''Kammerkonzert II'', UA Schwerin * 1991: ''und schon jetzt'' for two choirs and large ensemble, UA Dresden * 1993: ''Klanggewächse'' for orchestra, UA Pirna * 1993: ''Nachspiel zum Vormittag eines Ubu'' for ensemble, UA Berlin * 1995: ''Reigen'' for orchestra, UA 1995 Dresden * 1996: ''turns'' for six percussionists, UA Dresden * 1998: ''Kammerkonzert III'', UA Dresden * 2003: ''age, spectra sonantia temporibus'' for orchestra, UA Dresden * 2006: ''Galopp – mouvement'', UA Leipzig * 2006: ''Schlüsseloper. Ein burleskes Spiel'', libretto Michael Wüstefeld, UA Dresden * 2008: ''maga musica'', Hymn for children choirs, UA Dresden * 2009: ''Doch es wird nicht dunkel bleiben'' for choir and percussion ensemble, UA Dresden * 2012: ''Fragmentum'' for two choirs and orchestra, UA Dresden * 2019: 5th Symphony, UA Dresden

Students

Among his students were Michael Flade,

Arnulf Herrmann Arnulf Herrmann (born in Heidelberg, 12 December 1968) is a German composer. After studying piano with Gernot Sieber at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich he enrolled at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber, where he studied co ...

Caspar René Hirschfeld Caspar René Hirschfeld (born 21 May 1965) is a German composer and violinist. Life Born 1965 in Wernigerode, Hirschfeld received his first violin lessons at the music school from the age of 5. At the age of 9 he began composing. From 1982 to 1 ...

, Alexander Keuk,

Ekkehard Klemm Ekkehard Klemm (born 1958), is a German conductor. Biography Klemm was born in Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Ge ...

, Uwe Krause, Rolf Thomas Lorenz,

Christian Münch Christian Münch (born 11 April 1951) is a German composer, organist, pianist and conductor. Life Münch was born in Freiberg in 1951 in a cantor's family. With his father he learned trumpet and organ. Since his childhood he received piano and ...

, Theodor Schubach and Sylke Zimpel.

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