Helmut Oehring
Helmut Oehring is a German composer. He was born in East-Berlin, the son of deaf parents. After training as a construction worker, Oehring worked as a cemetery gardener, forest worker, geriatric nurse and stoker. He is self-taught as guitarist and composer. From 1990 to 1992, Oehring studied with Friedrich Goldmann and Georg Katzer at the Academy of Arts, Berlin. He was a fellow of Villa Massimo in 1994/1995. Oering is honorary professor for Théatre musical at the University of the Arts Bern.
Awards
- Hanns Eisler Prize
- Prize at the Young Composers Forum, WDR
- Scholarship of Lower Saxony
- Scholarship of the Villa Massimo
- Scholarship from the Cité des Arts
- Hindemith Prize of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
- Schneider-Schott Music Prize
- Arnold Schönberg Prize
- German Music Authors' Prize in the music theater category
- Brandenburg Art Prize for Music/Composition