Wolfgang Fortner German composer and conductor
Wolfgang Fortner is a 80 years old German composer and conductor from Leipzig, Saxony. Wolfgang Fortner was born on January 01, 1907 (died on January 01, 1987, he was 80 years old) in Leipzig, Saxony.
About
No, he died on 01/01/1987, 37 years ago. He was 80 years old when he died. He died in Heidelberg
Works
Wolfgang Fortner Albums (11)
There are 11 albums of Wolfgang Fortner.
His last album Bartok, Bach & Others: Works for Violin released 3 years 11 months ago. When Bartok, Bach & Others: Works for Violin released, he was 114 years old. This album contains 27 tracks
His first album Werner Egk and Wolfgang Fortner conduct their own works released 45 years ago, he was 72 years old when this album released. There were 8 songs in this album.
Bartok, Bach & Others: Works for Violin
Mozart: Violin Concertos & Sonatas
Darmstadt Aural Documents, Box 1 - Composers-Conductors
Martha Modl: The Portrait of a Legend (1950-1982)
View all Wolfgang Fortner albums.
Awards (6)
Awarded Honorary doctor of the Heidelberg University , awarded honorary doctor of the University of Freiburg , awarded Berliner Kunstpreis in 1947 , awarded Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg in 1959 , awarded Reinhold-Schneider-Preis in 1971 ,
Education
He graduated from University Of Music And Theatre Leipzig and Leipzig University
Other facts about Wolfgang Fortner
| Student of | Hermann A. Korff |
|---|---|
| Genre | Opera |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | German |
| Member of | Bavarian Academy Of Fine Arts |
| Member of political party | National Socialist German Workers' Party Party |
| Country of citizenship | Germany |
| Family name | Fortner. Show people with the surname Fortner |
| NSDAP membership number (1925–1945) | 7818245 |
| Name in native language | Wolfgang Fortner |
| Place of death | Heidelberg |
| Given name | Wolfgang |
| KDG Komponisten der Gegenwart | 17000000170 |
| Libris-URI | Mkz2665511lr4rx |
| Europeana entity | Agent/base/7468 |
| Employer | Hochschule Für Musik Detmold |
| Date of death | 1987-09-05T00:00:00Z |
