Deus passus wolfgang rihm biography

Wolfgang Rihm has written a grave and restrained tribute to Bach.

Wolfgang Rihm's work "Deus Passus: Passions-Stücke nach Lukas" was created as part of the Passion 2000 project on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of.!

Wolfgang Rihm

German composer and teacher (1952–2024)

Wolfgang Rihm (German:[ˈvɔlfɡaŋˈʁiːm]^ⓘ; 13 March 1952 – 27 July 2024) was a German composer of contemporary classical music and an academic teacher based in Karlsruhe.

He was an influential post-war European composer, as "one of the most original and independent musical voices" there, composing over 500 works including several operas.

The premiere of Rihm's Morphonie for orchestra at the 1974 Donaueschingen Festival won him international recognition.

In his setting of the Passion of Christ according to Luke, Wolfgang Rihm consciously commits himself not to one but two stories.

Wolfgang Rihm was born on 13 March 1952 in Karlsruhe, a city near the French and Swiss borders, at a stone's throw from Strasbourg and Basel.

Wolfgang Rihm's work "Deus Passus: Passions-Stücke nach Lukas" was created as part of the Passion 2000 project on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of.

Deus Passus is one quarter of the Passion Project 2000, which celebrated not only the turning of the millennium but also commemorated the 250th anniversary.

Rihm composed this hour-and-a-half-long piece in 2000, on the occasion of the 250e anniversary of Bach's death.

Rihm pursued a freedom of expression, combining avant-garde techniques with emotional individuality. His chamber opera Jakob Lenz was premiered in 1977, exploring the inner conflict of a poet's soul. The premiere of his opera Oedipus at Deutsche Oper Berlin in 1987 was broadcast live and recorded as DVD.

When his opera Dionysos was first performed at the Salzburg Festival in 2010, it was voted World Premiere of the Year by Opernwelt. He was commissioned to