Peter Michael Hamel
Biography
| 1947 | Born on 15 July in Munich Piano lessons at the age of five, followed by lessons on violin, cello and French horn |
| 1965-1970 | Composition studies at the Munich Staatliche Hochschule für Musik with Fritz Büchtger and Günter Bialas Studies in musicology (with Thrasybulos Georgiades and Carl Dahlhaus), sociology and psychology at the universities of Munich and Berlin |
| 1969-1974 | Collaboration with Josef Anton Riedl (on multi-media projects), John Cage, Morton Feldman, Luc Ferrari and Carl Orff |
| 1970-1980 | Leader of the international improvisatory ensemble „Between“ |
| seit 1971 | Performer of his own compositions for piano, organ, voice and live electronics |
| 1971 | Composition Award of the Swiss foundation „Alte Kirche Boswil“ |
| ab 1973 | Nine extended tours of Asia (studies in non-European singing and tonal systems) |
| 1974 | City of Bonn prize for the promotion of young artists, Beethoven Festival |
| 1975 | City of Stuttgart prize for the promotion of young composers |
| 1977 | Munich Music Award |
| 1978 | Co-founder of “Freies Musikzentrum” in Munich |
| 1979/80 | Fellow of the German Academy “Villa Massimo” in Rome |
| 1981 | GEMA Foundation prize for the promotion of young musicians |
| 1982-1990 | Lecture tours in Europe, the United States and Asia |
| 1984 | Prize winner at International Rostrum of Composers, Paris |
| seit 1984 | Studies of orchestration and phenomenology with Sergiu Celibidache |
| 1985/86 | Composer-in-residence, Ireland |
| 1988 | Composer-in-residence at Schleswig- Holstein Music Festival |
| 1988/89 | Schwabing Art Prize from City of Munich |
| 1993/94 | Guest Professor at the Graz Musikhochschule |
| 1994 | Prize winner of Carl Orff Competition, Munich |
| 1997 | Professor for composition and theory at Hamburger Hochschule für Musik und Theater (Lehrstuhlnachfolger von G. Ligeti) |
| 1998/99 | Foundation of the Institute for inter cultural studies, Aschau/Chiemgau |
| 2000 | Deputy Director of the Music Section of the Academy of the Arts, Hamburg |
| 2001 | CD release „De Visione Dei“ at Celestial Harmonies |
| 2008 | Gerda-und-Günter-Bialas Prize |