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Memorial Page for Wolfgang Rihm
Mar 13, 1952 – Jul 27, 2024(72 years)Died in:Ettlingen, Karlsruhe
German composer and teacher
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July 27th, 2026
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Wolfgang Rihm (* March 13, 1952 in Karlsruhe; † July 27, 2024 in Ettlingen) was a german composer and teacher. He was 72 years old. He studied at Hochschule für Musik Freiburg. He received 10 awards, including Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg. His cause of death was cancer.
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9 EventsBorn in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg
1952Reinhold Schneider Prize
1978Musikpreis der Stadt Duisburg
1991Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
1999Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
2004Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2014Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
2014Robert Schumann Prize for Poetry and Music
2014Died in Ettlingen, Karlsruhe (cancer)
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Wolfgang Rihm. Forever remembered.