Günter Bialas
Biography
1907 | Born in Bielschowitz, Upper Silesia, on 19 July |
1922-1925 | Studied piano and music theory with Fritz Lubrich in Kattowitz |
1926-1928 | Studied musicology and German language and literate in Breslau |
1928-1931 | Studied music education in Berlin, then composition in Max Trapp’s master class at the Berlin Academy of the Arts Member of “Kreis der Zwölf”, a group of composers led by Fritz Jöde |
1933 | Music teacher in Breslau |
1939-1941 | Lecturer in music theory at the Institute of Music Education, Breslau University |
1945 | Moved to Munich and Glonn, Upper Bavaria |
1946 | Choir director of the Munich Bach Society |
1947 | Theory teacher at the Weimar Musikhochschule; composition teacher at Northwest German Music Academy in Detmold |
1950 | Professorship |
1954 | First prize in music from state of North Rhine-Westphalia |
1959 | Professorship in composition at the Munich Musikhochschule |
1962 | Munich Music Award |
1964 | Johann Wenzel Stamitz Award from Esslingen Artists’ Guild |
1967 | Music award from the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts |
1969 | Member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts |
1971 | Premier award from the Upper Silesian Cultural Award Committee |
1975 | Member of the Berlin Academy of the Arts |
1980 | Silesian Art Award from state of Lower Saxony |
1982 | Gold Medal “München leuchtet” from city of Munich |
1987 | Cultural prize from city of Munich |
1988 | Paul Hindemith Award from Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival |
1989 | Cultural prize from Bavarian State Foundation |
1992 | “Kultur aktuell” Prize |
1992 | Gold medallion from city of Munich |
1995 | died on 8 July in Glonn/Upper Bavaria. |