Nicolaus A. Huber
Biography
1939 | Born in Passau on 15 December |
1956 | First public appearance as composer and organist |
1958-1962 | Studies at the Munich Musikhochschule: piano (with Oscar Koebel) and music education |
1962/63 | Studies composition in Munich with Franz Xaver Lehner |
1962-1964 | Junior teacher |
1964-1967 | Further composition studies with Günter Bialas |
1965/66 | Works at Munich's electronic studio with Josef Anton Riedl |
1969 | Cultural Prize for Music of the City of Munich Lectureship in music theory and analysis at the Folkwang-Hochschule Essen |
1969-1971 | Member of Josef Anton Riedl's ensemble |
1970 | Composition prize of Darmstadt |
1971 | Fellowship for the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris |
1971-1974 | Vice President of the GNM (German section of the International Society of Contemporary Music) |
1974-2004 | Professor of composition at the Folkwang-Hochschule in Essen |
since 1992/93 | Member of the Akademien der Künste in Berlin and Leipzig |
2007 | "Gerda und Günter Bialas-Preis" of the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste |
Career | Invitations to composition seminars, master courses and portrait concerts in Germany and other countries such as Austria, Ecuador, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Portugal, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay and Venezuela. |
World premières and first performances of his works at many festivals in Germany and abroad, for example in Amsterdam (Holland Festival), Berlin (Musikbiennale), Donaueschingen (Donaueschinger Musiktage), Hanover (Tage Neuer Musik), Montepulciano, Paris (Festival d'Automne), Saarbrücken (Musik im 21. Jahrhundert), Strasbourg (Musica), Stuttgart (Tage für Neue Musik), Venice (Biennale di Venezia), Vienna (Wien modern), Warsaw (Warsaw Autumn), Weingarten and Witten (Tage für neue Kammermusik). |