biography
- born 1951 in Mannheim/Germany.
- studies in cello ( with Hans Adomeit, Wolfgang Mehlhorn und Johannes Goritzki), composition (with Hans Vogt and Jürg Baur) and musical theory at Mannheim and Cologne
- 1979-87 part-time lecture-ship for music theory at the Academy of Music Rhineland/Cologne,
- 1989/90 guest lectures at the National Chiao Tung University Hsinchu/Taiwan
from 1992 to now teacher for composition and musical theory at the Nuremberg-Augsburg School of Music (Hochschule fuer Musik Nuernberg-Augsburg), since 2014 Professor in music theory and composition
- since 1993 also regular activities as author of broadcast-features for "Commentaries on New Music" ( SWF Baden-Baden )
- 1994/95 workshops for analysis and composition at the National Institut of the Arts in Taipei/Taiwan
- 1997 guest lecture at the Harvard University in Cambridge/USA (about the chamber opera Jason and Medea/Black enshrouds Red)
- 2011 Taipei/Taiwan-TMC International Music Camp-workshop and lecture
- 2013 John Donald Robb Composers' Symposium "Music and Movement" University of New Mexico, workshop and lecture
- 2014 professor for music theorie and composition at the university of music Nuernberg
- 2016 retirement, intensified activities as composer, cellist, publicist and fotographer
scholarship
- 1977 and 1982 invited by Hans Werner Henze to take part in the festival "cantiere internazionale d´arte" in Montepulciano/Italy
- 1979 Gulbankian Foundation for the "International Course for Professional Choreographers and Composers" in Guildford/England
- 1979-83 composer in residence/studio of the Brahms-Foundation Baden-Baden
- 1982 German Academy Villa Massimo in Rome/Italy
- 1987 Bernd-Alois-Zimmermann scholarship of the City of Cologne
awards
- 1982 award for young composers of the City of Stuttgart (first prize)
- 1987 "Concours International de Composition Musical Opera & Ballet" Geneva/Switzerland - award for the symphony Leviathan
Portrait photo
(©Heike Melchior)