Wolfgang Rihm
Wolfgang Rihm, born in 1952 in Karlsruhe, has created a wide-spanning, diverse oeuvre that to date consists of approximately 350 released works. His compositions transcend conventional categories. The essence of his creative efforts is artistic freedom. Rihm is highly skeptical of all compositional strategies that might shackle his musical imagination. His music is marked by a special expressive energy. Artistic freedom also characterizes Rihm’s treatment of musical means. Rihm has a significant creative development behind him. While wildness and fragmentary style dominated at first, he later conquered his own lyrical cantability and a musical flow supported by extensive continuity.
As of January 2017
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Past Events
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Anne Kohler, conductor
Inaugural Concert Bundesjugendchor
Anne Kohler, conductor
Brahms | Schumann | di Lasso
Harvey | Rihm | Hofmeyr | Denner (WP) | MacMillan
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Stabat Mater
Zimmermann, Gerhaher, Widmann, Stefanovich
Stabat Mater
Music by Wolfgang Rihm (WP)
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Concert / Lieder Recital
Georg Nigl & Olga Pashchenko
Works by Franz Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven and Wolfgang Rihm
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Berlin-based Orchestras
Berlin-based Orchestras
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Mozart / Rihm / Mendelssohn Bartholdy
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Visiting Orchestras
Visiting Orchestras
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam
von Weber / Rihm / Bruckner
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Visiting orchestras / Percussion
Visiting orchestras / Percussion
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Wolfgang Rihm: Tutuguri
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String quartets / Arnold Schönberg
String quartets / Arnold Schönberg
Ilya Gringolts, James Boyd, Nicolas Altstaedt
Schönberg / Rihm
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Horn music / Brahms / Schumann / Visiting orchestras
Horn music / Brahms / Schumann / Visiting orchestras
Mahler Chamber Orchestra / RIAS Kammerchor
Brahms / Rihm
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Brahms / Schumann / Berlin-based orchestras
Brahms / Schumann / Berlin-based orchestras
Berliner Philharmoniker
Rihm / Eötvös / Brahms
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Solo and late at night
Solo and late at night
Nicolas Hodges
Bach / Rihm / Schubert / Lachenmann – Recital II
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Brahms / Schumann / Visiting orchestras
Brahms / Schumann / Visiting orchestras
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam
Brahms / Rihm / Strauss
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Berlin-based Orchestras
Berlin-based Orchestras
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Works by Franz Liszt, Wolfgang Rihm and Camille Saint-Säens
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Visiting Orchestras
Visiting Orchestras
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Works by Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Rihm and Gustav Mahler
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Berlin-based Orchestras
Berlin-based Orchestras
Berliner Philharmoniker
Works by Hans Pfitzner, Heinrich Kaminski, Wolfgang Rihm and Richard Strauss
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Visiting OrchestrasOpening Concert
Visiting Orchestras
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Opening Concert
Works by Wolfgang Rihm, Franz Liszt and Hector Berlioz
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Visiting Ensemble
Visiting Ensemble
musikFabrik / Emilio Pomàrico
Works by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Helmut Lachenmann and Wolfgang Rihm
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musikFabrik, Ircam / Peter Rundel
Works by Edgard Varèse, Emmanuel Nunes and Wolfgang Rihm
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Visiting Ensembles
Visiting Ensembles