Günter Kochan

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Günter Kochan (2 October 1930 – 22 February 2009) was a German classical composer. His compositions include cantatas, film scores, orchestral music, songs, symphonies and music for radio dramas. Kochan was born in Luckau, in the Province of Brandenburg, on 2 October 1930. He attended the Hochschule für Musik Berlin in Charlottenburg beginning in 1946, and subsequently studied at the Deutsche Hochschule für Musik in East Berlin, East Germany, where he was a Meisterschüler of Hanns Eisler.[1] Kochan was inducted into the East German Akademie der Künste in 1965 and, from 1977 to 1982, served as Vice President of the Union of Composers and Musicologists of the GDR. He was four times recipient of the National Prize of the German Democratic Republic.[1] Kochan died in Neuruppin on 22 February 2009, aged 78, following a long illness. He was survived by his wife of 56 years. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Musik für Orchester - Sinfonische Musik 1980-90

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German & French Recorder Concertos

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Musik in der DDR VOL. II Vokalmusik CD 1

Music in the GMBR, Vol II (Musik in der DDR, Vol II)

Changing Colors

Musik in der DDR • Vol. II

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German and French recorder concertos

Musik in Deutschland, 1950-2000: Sinfonische Musik (1980-1990)

In Memoriam / Sinfonie Nr. 4

Musik in der DDR • Vol. I

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Zwischen Macht und Freiheit – Neue Musik in der DDR

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Musik in Deutschland 1950 - 2000: Sinfonische Musik 1980-1990

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