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Helmut Oehring

Komponist / Composer.

Helmut Oehring vil være i Bergen under hele festivalen! 

Helmut Oehring (1961) er en autodidakt gitarist og komponist, med master fra Berlin Academy of Arts, som han nå er en medlem av. Oehring har fått en rekke priser, inkludert The Hanns Eisler Prize fra Deutschlandsender Kultur, den italienske Orpheus Chamber Opera Prize og Schneider Schott Music Prize. Han ble også tildelt Hindemith Prize (1997) samt Arnold Schönberg-prisen (2008) på bakgunn av hans totale produksjon, som omfatter mer enn 190 verker av nesten alle mulige sjangere. Oehring sine komposisjoner og produksjoner er framført av konsertsaler og scener over hele Europa, Asia og Nord Amerika. Oehring fungerer også som dirigent og instruktør av hans egne verker, nylig for Worldpremiere av Songspiel hans Die WUNDE Heinemed Ensemble Modern.
 
I år har BIT20 Ensemble og Borealis har gått sammen om å invitere Helmut Oehring til å holde komponistworkshops sammen med ensemblet. Oehring har også skrevet et nytt verk for BIT20, som blir urfremført på konsert 18. mars sammen med utvalgte bidrag fra komponistworkshopene.

Helmut Oehring was born in 1961 in Berlin. An autodidact guitarist and composer, and following consultations with André Asriel, Helmut Zapf, Georg Katzer and Friedrich Goldmann, he became a master student of Georg Katzer between 1992 and 1994 at the Berlin Academy of Arts; in 2005, he was elected member of the Academy. In 1994/95, Oehring was guest of the Villa Massimo in Rome, and he obtained numerous prices since, including the Hanns Eisler Prize from the Deutschlandsender Kultur, the Italian Orpheus Chamber Opera Prize and the Schneider Schott Music Prize. He also was awarded the Hindemith Prize (1997) as well as the Arnold Schoenberg Prize (2008) for the entirety of his creation which comprises more than 250 works of nearly all genres up to now. Oehring’s compositions and productions are programmed by concert halls and stages throughout Europe, Asia and Northern America. Oehring works also as a conductor and stage director of his own works. In September 2011 Helmut Oehring’s autobiography Mit anderen Augen was published by btb/Randomhouse. Actually he composes commissioned pieces like the operas SehnSuchtMEER oder Vom Fliegenden Holländer for the German Opera at River Rhein Düsseldorf (world premiere in March 2013) and FAIRY QUEEN oder Schreie und Flüstern einer Sommernacht for the Berlin State Opera (world premiere in June 2013) and the film music for F. W. Murnau's silent film Sunrise from 1927 (world premiere in autumn 2013). On 19th October 2012 Helmut Oehring's new work schienen wie Wellen die in lange Auge for vocal soloist, orchestra and choir will open the festival in Donaueschingen  (with David Moss, the SWR Symphony Orchestra and Vocal Soloists, conductor: Theodor Currentzis).

At Borealis :

Griegakademiet, Rom 206 10:00                                   Thursday 15.March

Hotel Grand Terminus 15:00                                          Sunday 18.March