Volker David Kirchner
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Erinys
- Erinys: Threnos in zwei Teilen nach der Orestie des Aischylos (1986/89)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1942
- Active to
- 2020
Discography
- MISSA Moguntina1993
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- Listeners
- 152
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- 1,047
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Volker David Kirchner (born 25 June 1942 in Mainz - died 4 February 2020 in Wiesbaden) was a German composer and violist. Kirchner studied at the Peter Cornelius Conservatory in Mainz from 1956 to 1969 under Günter Kehr and Günter Raphael. Following this he studied with Bernd Alois Zimmermann at the Hochschule für Musik Köln from 1959 to 1963, and then under Tibor Varga at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold from 1964 to 1965, Kirchner played in jazz ensembles in Cologne <a href="https://www.last.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Family name
- Kirchner
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Mainz
- Place of death
- Wiesbaden
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln
- Languages spoken
- German
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- viola
- Official website
- www.volkerdavidkirchner.de
- Image
- Farah Diba with Kehr Trio 1965.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1942-06-25
- date of death
- 2020-02-04
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- disease
- name in native language
- Volker David Kirchner
- Commons category
- Volker David Kirchner
- archives at
- Municipal Scientific Library Mainz
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