Heinz Winbeck
Biography
1946 | Born in Piflas near Landshut on February 11th |
1964 | Began studies at the Richard Strauss Conservatory, Munich: piano with Magda Rusy and conducting with Fritz Rieger |
1967 | Began studies at the State School for Music,Munich: conducting with Jan Koetsier, compo-sition with Harald Genzmer and Günter Bialas |
1973 | State Exam in composition |
1974 | First prize in the First Composition Competition during the Summer Music Days in Hitzacker |
1974-1978 | Conductor and composer for the theatre in Ingolstadt and at the Luisenburg in Wunsiedel |
1980 | Second prize in the Fourth Composition Competition in Hitzacker Teacher at the State School for Music, Munich |
1981 | Grant award from the city of Munich |
1981/82 | Half-year stay in Paris, the Cité Internationale des Arts (grant from the State of Bavaria) |
1985 | Music prize awarded by the Academy of Fine Arts, Berlin |
1987 | Teacher for music theory and ear training at the State School for Music, Munich |
Since 1988 | Professor for composition at the State School for Music, Würzburg Composer in residence at the Cabrillo Music Festival in Cabrillo, California |
Since 1991 | Lives in Riedenburg in Altmühltal (Bavaria, Germany) |
2004 | Gerda-and-Günter-Bialas-Prize of the GEMA-Foundation |