Biography
Siegfried Matthus (13 April 1934 – 27 August 2021) was a German composer, conductor, and festival founder and manager. Some of his operas, such as Judith, were premiered at the Komische Oper Berlin in East Berlin. In 1991, he founded the chamber opera festival Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg and directed it until 2018. In 2005, he composed a Te Deum for the reopening of the Dresden Frauenkirche. Matthus is considered one of Germany's most often performed contemporary composers. Matthus was born in Mallenuppen (now in Ozyorsky District), East Prussia. His father was a farmer and played for entertainment and dancing. His father made sure that the son received piano lessons. In 1944, his parents fled with him to Läsikow in the Ruppin district. Matthus attended secondary school in Rheinsberg, followed by studies at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin. After graduating, he continued his studies in composition with Rudolf Wagner-Régeny and Hanns Eisler, and was shortly thereafter made the youngest composer in residence in the history of the Komische Oper Berlin by Walter Felsenstein.
Filmography
all 7
Movies 6
TV Shows 1
Ich zwing dich zu leben (1978)
The Sorrows of Young Werther (1976)
Verwandte und Bekannte (1971)
Jede Stunde meines Lebens (1969)
Ways across the Country (1968)
Der Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa (1968)
Heimweh nach der Zukunft. Max Steenbeck erzählt (1967)
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GenderMale
Birthday1934-04-13
Deathday2021-08-27 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceZadorozhye, Russia
CitizenshipsGerman Democratic Republic, Germany
AwardsCommander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Johannes-R.-Becher-Medaille, Order of Merit of Brandenburg, National Prize of East Germany, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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