Kurt Dietmar Richter

Kurt Dietmar Richter (24 September 1931 − 15 January 2019) was a German composer and conductor.

Life Richter was born on September 24, 1931, in Plzeň (Czechoslovakia). His father was Gymnasium professor. At the urging of his mother he attended a music school, where he was appointed assistant concertmaster at the age of twelve. After the war his family moved from Sudetenland to Erfurt.

Musical career Richter was a member of the Thuringian Boys Choir in his childhood. From 1946 to 1949 he attended the Landesschule Pforta. He studied with Dieter Zechlin and Franz Jung at the Thuringian State Conservatory in Erfurt. Inspired by his Erfurt music teacher, he was fascinated among others by Paul Hindemith and the New Music. Later he was a master student with at the Academy of Arts, Berlin. He then worked as conductor at the municipal Döbeln and Theater Erfurt, at the Greifswald Theatre and at the . In 1990 he founded the Berlin artist initiative die neue brücke. His works have been performed among others at the Schauspielhaus Berlin, the Theater Greifswald and the Konzerthaus Berlin.

Richter died in Berlin at the age of 87.

Awards 1948: a-cappella choir prize of the Landesschule Pforta 1977: 4th Prize at the International TV Opera Competition Salzburg/UNESCO 1980: Carl Maria von Weber Prize of the city of Dresden 1982: Carl Maria von Weber Prize of the city of Dresden 1984: Hanns Eisler Prize 1993: Paul Woitschach Prize 1995: Württemberg Composition Prize 1996: Saarlouis Composition Prize 1999: Composition Prize of the 2000: Spanish a-cappella choir prize 2001: Composition Prize of the 2003: Composition Prize of the State of Brandenburg 2004: Friedrich Silcher Composition Prize Württemberg 2005: Prize at the composition competition of the Humanistischer Verband Deutschlands

Compositions 1962 Jugendoper Der fahrende Schüler 1964 Opera Pazifik 1970 Sekundenoper 1977 TV-Opera Bewährung über den Wolken (Deutscher Fernsehfunk) 1978 Opera Der verlegene Magistrat 1982 Opera Die Geschichte von Liebe und Salz 1984 Mini-Opera Marx spielte gern Schach 1985 Opera Adam und Eva

Radio play music 1990: Lev Lunts: Die Stadt der Gerechtigkeit – Director: Peter Groeger (Hörspiel – Funkhaus Berlin)