Burkhard Meier
Burkhard Meier was a German music educator and composer.
Life
Born in, Meier studied choral conducting at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin and music education and German at the University of Greifswald. He received further lessons from, Günter Kochan and Ruth Zechlin. From 1976 to 1979, he studied composition with Wolfgang Hohensee at the "Hanns Eisler" Music Academy. From 1967 he taught music theory and ear training in Greifswald and was appointed professor in 1989. In 1990, he became director of the Institute for Musicology and Music Education at the University of Greifswald. From 1997, he was professor of school-practical piano playing, and music composition at the Rostock University of Music and Theatre.He was a co-founder of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern regional association of the and its chairman from 1996 to 2000.
Meier died in Greifswald at the age of 67.
Awards
- 1984: Hanns Eisler Prize
- 2000: Landeskulturpreis Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Works
Die Nachtigall, children opera Liederzyklus Lob des Sisyphus Kausalitäten für Bläserquintett- ''Musik für Orchester''