Volker David Kirchner

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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, and played in several high-level ensembles as a violist, including the hr-Sinfonieorchester in Frankfurt from 1966 to 1988. He moved to Mainz and became a freelance composer in 1989. Invited by Walter Fink, he was the third composer featured in the annual Komponistenporträt of the Rheingau Musik Festival in 1992. He has written works for musical theater, the Bavarian State Opera, Staatsoper Hannover, Katholikentag, etc. Among awards he has won the 1994 Rheingau Musikpreis of the Rheingau Musik Festival and the 2007 Peter Cornelius Medal. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Colours of the French Horn

Totentanz, Requiem

Media Vita In Morte Sumus

Musik in Deutschland 1950-2000: Konzerte 1985-2000

Mozart, W.A.: Divertimento, K. 563 / Kirchner, V.D.: String Trio

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Oscillations

A Litany for the 21st Century

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Duos for Viola and Violoncello

MISSA Moguntina

Bildnisse I für Orchester - Der blaue Harlekin - Trio für Violine, Violencell

Chamber Music

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Beyond Time

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