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Peter Schreier
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Memorial Page for Peter Schreier

Jul 29, 1935 – Dec 25, 2019(84 years)Died in:Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt Dresden

German tenor and conductor

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July 29th, 2026

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Biography

Occupation(4)

opera singerconductorsingercomposer

Awards(8)

Léonie Sonning Music PrizeLeipzig International Mendelssohn PrizeErnst von Siemens Music PrizeRobert Schumann Prize of the City of ZwickauRoyal Academy of Music Bach PrizeBach MedalCross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germanyart award of the City of Dresden

Education(2)

KreuzschuleHochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber

Peter Schreier (* July 29, 1935 in Meissen; † December 25, 2019 in Dresden) was a german tenor and conductor. He was 84 years old. His education included Kreuzschule and Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber. He received 8 awards, including Léonie Sonning Music Prize, Leipzig International Mendelssohn Prize. His cause of death was disease.

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Born in Meißen, Landkreis Meißen

1935

Kreuzschule

1943

until 1954

Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber

1956

until 1959

Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau

1969

Léonie Sonning Music Prize

1988

Ernst von Siemens Music Prize

1988

Royal Academy of Music Bach Prize

2009

Leipzig International Mendelssohn Prize

2011

Bach Medal

2013

art award of the City of Dresden

2016

Died in Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt Dresden (disease)

2019

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Peter Schreier. Forever remembered.