Helmut Oehring (born 1961) 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 (1990) Prize at the Young Composers Forum, WDR (1992) Scholarship of Lower Saxony (1993/94) Scholarship of the Villa Massimo (1994/95) Scholarship from the Cité des Arts (1994) Hindemith Prize of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival (1997) Schneider-Schott Music Prize (1998) Arnold Schönberg Prize (2008) German Music Authors' Prize in the music theater category (2015) Brandenburg Art Prize for Music/Composition (2016)
Memberships 2005 Academy of Arts, Berlin 2013 Sächsische Akademie der Künste
Works 350 musical works of all genres
Autobiography
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External links
Helmut Oehring: Biography Wayback Machine Helmut Oehring in Profile on JSTOR Kurt Weill Festival – Artist in Residence 2011