Tag: Rihm
Concerts for the 70th birthday of the composer Wolfgang Rihm – culture
Viola and cello entwine closely in the first double song of Wolfgang Rihm. Orchestral voices intertwine, entwine the two. Only the drums call for war and finally let the piece…
Review: Birthday concert for Wolfgang Rihm – Munich
Of the four concerts that Musica Viva is dedicating to Wolfgang Rihm on his 70th birthday on Sunday, the discussion concert at the Academy of Fine Arts was perhaps the…
Wolfgang Rihm: Two new biographies about the composer – culture
Wolfgang Rihm’s musical thinking iis intellectually sharpened and his music is highly expressive and emotionally charged. It is therefore no wonder that two ambitious and very different Rihm monographs were…
Wolfgang Rihm turns 70: an interview about Putin, Ukraine, classic – culture
Interviewed by Reinhard J Brembeck Wolfgang Rihm is world-renowned as a composer of new music. His oeuvre is enormous, comprising several hundred works, including many operas, piano pieces, string quartets…
Heidelberg String Quartet Festival honors Wolfgang Rihm – culture
When the moderator Oliver Wille asks about the possible right or wrong when playing Wolfgang Rihm’s quartets, Rihm counters with a laugh: “I’m not the policeman of my grades!” The…