Tilo Medek
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- Born
- 1940
- Died
- 2006
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Murky
- Katharina Blum
- Terzinen
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- 80
- Total plays
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Tilo Medek, originally Müller-Medek (22 January 1940 – 3 February 2006), was a German classical composer, musicologist and music publisher. He grew up in East Germany, but was inspired by the Darmstädter Ferienkurse. He composed radio plays and incidental music. His setting of Lenin's Decree on Peace led to restrictions, and after he showed solidarity with the expatriated Wolf Biermann, he also had to move to the West, where he composed an opera Katharina Blum based on Heinrich Böll's novel, and
Key dates
- Born
- 22 January 1940
- Died
- 3 February 2006
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Democratic Republic
- Place of birth
- Jena
- Place of death
- Duderstadt
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- Hanns Eisler Music School Berlin
- Languages spoken
- German
- Official website
- www.medek.net
- Image
- Jena Nordfriedhof Medek.jpg
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1940 births2006 deaths20th-century German classical composers20th-century German male composers21st-century German classical composers21st-century German male composersGerman male opera composersGerman opera composersHochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin alumniHumboldt University of Berlin alumniMusicians from JenaPeople from Duderstadt