Birth Name:

Wolfgang Rihm

Male

Birth Date:

Thu, Mar 13, 1952

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Age:

72

Zodiac Sign:

Pisces

Astrology Data:

Sun

22°

Pis

49'

About Wolfgang Rihm

Wolfgang Rihm (born 13 March 1952) is a German composer and academic teacher. He is musical director of the Institute of New Music and Media at the University of Music Karlsruhe and has been composer in residence at the Lucerne Festival and the Salzburg Festival. He was honoured as Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2001. His musical work includes more than 500 works. In 2012, The Guardian wrote: "enormous output and bewildering variety of styles and sounds".

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Literature by and about Wolfgang Rihm in the German National Library catalogue

• Wolfgang Rihm on The Living Composers Project, worklist

• Wolfgang Rihm on the Universal Edition website

• Interview with Rihm Ensemble Sospeso, New York

• "Wolfgang Rihm biography" (in French). IRCAM.

• Wolfgang Rihm discography at Discogs

• "Wolfgang Rihm – Das Vermächtnis" SWR Doku on YouTube (in German)

Birth Chart and Planetary Positions of Wolfgang Rihm

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Wolfgang Rihm: Sun 22 Pisces, Moon 12 Libra, Mercury 9 Aries, Venus 26 Aquarius, Mars 17 Scorpio, Jupiter 18 Aries, Saturn 13 Libra, Uranus 9 Cancer, Neptune 21 Libra, Pluto 19 Leo, Mercury Square Uranus, Mercury Opposition Saturn, Sun Quincunx Neptune, Mercury Semi Square Venus, Venus Sesquiquadrate Saturn, Venus Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Mars Quincunx Jupiter, Mars Square Pluto, Jupiter Opposition Neptune, Jupiter Trine Pluto, Saturn Square Uranus, Neptune Sextile Pluto

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Photo attribution: Hans Peter Schaefer, http://www.reserv-a-rt.de, Own work