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Wolfgang Rihm
*1952 DE, Karlsruhe
Composer of Classical
Wolfgang Rihm (born 13 March 1952) is a German composer.Rihm is musical director of the Institute of New Music and Media at the University of Music Karlsruhe and has been composer in residence at the Lucerne Festival and the Salzburg Festival. He was honoured as Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2001. Most recently, he is the recipient of the 2015 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition sponsored by the University of Louisville for his orchestral work In-Schrift 2.
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Verschwundene Worte on Mendelssohn by Sol Gabetta & Bertrand Chamayou Symphonie "Nähe fern": Nähe fern 1 on Rihm: Symphonie "Nähe fern" by Wolfgang Rihm, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester & James Gaffigan "Gesungene Zeit" 1991/92 - Music for Violin and Orchestra: I. Beginning: Quasi Senza on Berg: Violin Concerto / Rihm: Time Chant by Anne-Sophie Mutter, Alban Berg, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Wolfgang Rihm & James Levine Lied ohne Worte on Mendelssohn by Sol Gabetta & Bertrand Chamayou Rihm: String Quartet No. 4: I. Agitato, allegro - Alla marcia, allegro ma non troppo (Live at Vienna Konzerthaus, 1990) on Rihm & Schnittke: String Quartets No. 4 by Alban Berg Quartett Rihm: String Quartet No. 4: III. Adagio (Live at Vienna Konzerthaus, 1990) on Rihm & Schnittke: String Quartets No. 4 by Alban Berg Quartett Rihm: String Quartet No. 4: II. Con moto, allegro - Andante (Live at Vienna Konzerthaus, 1990) on Rihm & Schnittke: String Quartets No. 4 by Alban Berg Quartett "Gesungene Zeit" 1991/92 - Music for Violin and Orchestra: II. Takt 179: Meno Mosso on Berg: Violin Concerto / Rihm: Time Chant by Anne-Sophie Mutter, Alban Berg, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Wolfgang Rihm & James Levine Klavierstück No. 6 "Bagatellen" (1978) on Liszt Inspections by Marino Formenti Wolfgang Rihm: Jagden und Formen _ Track 1 - Zustand 2008 [Live] on Wolfgang Rihm: Jagden und Formen by Wolfgang Rihm, Ensemble Modern & Sir George BenjaminTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lichtes Spiel / Gesungene Zeit / Coll'arco | Wolfgang Rihm, Tianwa Yang, Darrell Ang, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz | 2019 | Album |
| Lichtzwang (In Memoriam Paul Celan) / Dritte Musik / Gedicht Des Malers | Wolfgang Rihm, Tianwa Yang, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Christoph-Mathias Mueller | 2018 | Album |
| Double Concertos | Johannes Brahms, Wolfgang Rihm, John Harbison, Jan Vogler, Mira Wang | 2018 | Album |
| Geste Zu Vedova; Streichquartette; Streichquintett | Wolfgang Rihm, Minguet Quartett, Jens Peter Maintz | 2017 | Album |
| Modern Lied | Heinz Holliger, György Kurtág, Helmut Lachenmann, Bernhard Lang, Wolfgang Rihm, Salvatore Sciarrino, Sarah Maria Sun, Jan Philip Schulze | 2017 | Album |
| Ultimum - New A Cappella Music | Wolfgang Rihm / Paweł Łukaszewski / Theo Brandmüller - KammerChor Saarbrücken, Georg Grün | 2016 | Album |
| 21st Century Violin Concertos | Renaud Capuçon, Wolfgang Rihm, Pascal Dusapin, Bruno Mantovani | 2016 | Album |
| Et Lux | Wolfgang Rihm | 2015 | Album |
| Passion Texts | Wolfgang Rihm, Luigi Nono | 2014 | Album |
| Symphonie "Nähe Fern" | Wolfgang Rihm : Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, James Gaffigan | 2013 | Album |
| Orgelwerke | Wolfgang Rihm - Dominik Susteck | 2013 | Album |
| 11. Streichquartett / Interscriptum / Grave | Wolfgang Rihm - Minguet Quartett, Markus Bellheim | 2013 | Album |
| Complete Works For Violin And Piano | Wolfgang Rihm - Tianwa Yang, Nicholas Rimmer | 2012 | Album |
| Astralis/Choral Works | Wolfgang Rihm - RIAS-Kammerchor | 2012 | Album |
| Über Die Linie II / Coll'Arco | Wolfgang Rihm - SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden Und Freiburg | 2012 | Album |
| Klangwelten | Wolfgang Rihm, Ensemble 13 / Badische Staatskapelle | 2012 | Compil. |
| Quartet Movements | Signum Quartett - Franz Schubert · Hugo Wolf · Carl Orff · Wolfgang Rihm · Giacomo Puccini · Charles Ives · Anton Webern | 2012 | Album |
| Marches: Demilitarised Zones = Entmilitarisierte Zonen | Kurt Weill / Johann Strauss Sr. / Mauricio Kagel / Wolfgang Rihm / HK Gruber – Lutz Köhler, HR - Brass | 2012 | Album |
| Kontinent Rihm | Wolfgang Rihm - Klangforum Wien, Emilio Pomárico, Sylvain Cambreling | 2012 | Album |
| Fetzen | Wolfgang Rihm - Arditti Quartet, Teodoro Anzellotti, Nicolas Hodges | 2011 | Album |
| Lichtes Spiel / Time Machines | Wolfgang Rihm / Sebastian Currier – Anne-Sophie Mutter, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Alan Gilbert, Michael Francis | 2011 | Album |
| Music For Violin And Piano | Wolfgang Rihm - Andreas Seidel, Steffen Schleiermacher | 2011 | Album |
| Klaviertrios Op. 63, 80, 110 / Trio (1972), Fremde Szenen I–III | Trio Jean Paul - Robert Schumann / Wolfgang Rihm | 2010 | Album |
| Wolfgang Rihm Zu Gast | Wolfgang Rihm | 2010 | Album |
| Verwandlungen | Wolfgang Rihm - Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Christian Arming, Matthias Pintscher | 2010 | Album |
| Vigilia | Wolfgang Rihm – ChorWerk Ruhr, Ensemble Modern, Rupert Huber | 2010 | Album |
| Sotto Voce | Wolfgang Rihm - Arditti Quartet, Nicolas Hodges, Jonathan Nott, John Axelrod, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester | 2009 | Album |
| Le Musique Creuse Le Ciel | Wolfgang Rihm - GrauSchumacher Piano Duo | 2009 | Album |
| Quid Est Deus Ungemaltes Bild Frau/Stimme | Wolfgang Rihm / Isolde Siebert | 2009 | Album |
| The Music Makers / Memoria | Jaap van Zweden, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Groot Omroepkoor, Sir Edward Elgar, Wolfgang Rihm, Jane Irwin, Vanessa Barkowski | 2009 | Album |
| Piano Trios | Boulanger Trio, Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann, Wolfgang Rihm | 2009 | Album |
| Klavierwerke 1966 - 2000 | Wolfgang Rihm - Udo Falkner | 2009 | Album |
| 1. Symphonie 2. Symphonie Nachtwach Vers Une Symphonie Fleuvre III Raumauge | Wolfgang Rihm / Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart • Jonathan Stockhammer • Gianluigi Gelmetti • SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart • Marcus Creed • Rupert Huber | 2008 | Album |
| Piano Pieces | Wolfgang Rihm - Markus Bellheim | 2008 | Album |
| Musik Für Oboe Und Orchester Styx Und Lethe Dritte Musik Erster Doppelgesang | Wolfgang Rihm / SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden Und Freiburg | 2007 | Album |
| Donaueschinger Musiktage 2006, Vol. 1 | Ole Henrik Moe, Saed Haddad, Wolfgang Rihm, Julio Estrada | 2007 | Album |
| Dis-Kontur Lichtzwang Sub-Kontur | Wolfgang Rihm / János Négyesy | 2007 | Album |
| Chiffre-Zyklus | Wolfgang Rihm / MusikFabrik | 2006 | Album |
| Dis-Kontur / Sub-Kontur / Unbenannt IV | Wolfgang Rihm | 2006 | Album |
| 3 Liederzyklen | Wolfgang Rihm - Christoph Prégardien, Siegfried Mauser | 2006 | Album |
| String Quartets, Vol. 4 | Wolfgang Rihm / Minguet Quartett | 2006 | Album |
| Vier Studien Zu Einem Klarinettenquintett / "Vier Male" Für Klarinette Solo | Wolfgang Rihm - Jörg Widmann, Minguet Quartett | 2006 | Album |
| Sphäre Um Sphäre / Frage | Wolfgang Rihm - ensemble recherche, Salome Kammer, Lucas Vis | 2005 | Album |
| Musik Für Drei Streicher | Wolfgang Rihm - Netherlands String Trio | 2005 | Album |
| String Quartets, Vol. 3 | Wolfgang Rihm, Minguet Quartett | 2005 | Album |
| String Quartets, Vol. 2 | Wolfgang Rihm | 2004 | Album |
| Hersch / Josquin / Rihm / Feldman | Michael Hersch, Daniel Gaisford, Josquin Des Prés, Wolfgang Rihm, Morton Feldman | 2004 | Album |
| Rihm • Sciarrino • Moody • Metcalf | Wolfgang Rihm, Salvatore Sciarrino, Ivan Moody, Joanne Metcalf / Singer Pur featuring The Hilliard Ensemble | 2004 | Album |
| String Quartets Vol. 1 | Wolfgang Rihm - Minguet Quartett | 2003 | Album |
| Klavierstücke 7, 5, 4, 2, 1 | Wolfgang Rihm - Bernhard Wambach | 2003 | Album |
| Phantom & Escapade - Works For Violin & Piano | Wolfgang Rihm - Ulf Hoelscher, Siegfried Mauser | 2002 | Album |
| Tutuguri | Wolfgang Rihm / Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Rupert Huber, Fabrice Bollon | 2002 | Album |
| Music Of Our Time | Karlheinz Stockhausen - John Cage - György Ligeti - Wolfgang Rihm | 2002 | Compil. |
| Dialoge | Wolfgang Rihm, Hans Zender, Franz Schubert, Junge Deutsche Philharmonie | 2002 | Album |
| Jagden Und Formen | Wolfgang Rihm - Ensemble Modern / Dominique My | 2002 | Album |
| Deus Passus | Wolfgang Rihm | 2001 | Album |
| Musica Viva 03: Sinfonie Nr. 3 / Musik Für Klarinette Und Orchester / Photoptosis | Galina Ustvolskaya / Wolfgang Rihm / Bernd Alois Zimmermann | 2001 | Album |
| Klavierstück Nr. 6 / Nachstudie / Zwiesprache / Auf Einem Anderen Blatt | Wolfgang Rihm - Siegfried Mauser | 2000 | Album |
| Trios 1969 - 1994 | Wolfgang Rihm | 2000 | Album |
| Morphonie / Klangbeschreibung I-III | Wolfgang Rihm - Sinfonieorchester Des Südwestfunks, Ernest Bour, Michael Gielen | 2000 | Album |
| Orchestral Works & Chamber Music | Wolfgang Rihm | 2000 | Album |
| Gejagte Form / Verborgene Formen / Chiffre I / Silence To Be Beaten | Wolfgang Rihm - Klangforum Wien, Sylvain Cambreling | 2000 | Album |
| Musik Für Drei Streicher | Wolfgang Rihm - Trio Recherche | 1999 | Album |
| Etude D'Après Séraphin | Wolfgang Rihm - Ensemble 13, Manfred Reichert | 1998 | Album |
| Lieder | Wolfgang Rihm | 1997 | Album |
| Image, Echo Bilber Echo | Wolfgang Rihm | 1997 | Album |
| Ins Offene... (Zweite Fassung / Segunda Versión / Second Version) / sphere | Wolfgang Rihm | 1995 | Album |
| Fremde Szenen I-III | Wolfgang Rihm - Beethoven Trio Ravensburg | 1993 | Album |
| Streichquartett No. 4 | Wolfgang Rihm, Alfred Schnittke - Alban Berg Quartett | 1993 | Album |
| Violinkonzert · Violin Concerto / »Gesungene Zeit · Time Chant« | Alban Berg / Wolfgang Rihm - Anne-Sophie Mutter, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Levine | 1992 | Album |
| Sine Nomine, Kein Firmament | Wolfgang Rihm / Ensemble 13 / Manfred Reichert | 1992 | Album |
| Lieder | Wolfgang Rihm / Ensemble 13 / Bernhard Wambach | 1992 | Album |
| Dunkles Spiel / O Notte / Bratschenkonzert / Schwebende Begegnung / Schwarzer Und Roter Tanz | Wolfgang Rihm | 1992 | Album |
| Music For Three Strings | Wolfgang Rihm, Ensemble 13 | 1992 | Album |
| Die Eroberung Von Mexico | Wolfgang Rihm / Renate Behle, Richard Salter, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Ingo Metzmacher | 1992 | Album |
| Die Hamletmaschine | Wolfgang Rihm | 1991 | Album |
| Streichquartette III, VIII, V | Wolfgang Rihm - Arditti Quartet | 1991 | Album |
| Wien Modern | György Ligeti ; Luigi Nono, Pierre Boulez, Wolfgang Rihm - Wiener Jeunesse-Chor · Wiener Philharmoniker · Claudio Abbado | 1990 | Album |
| Der Wald / Wölfli-Liederbuch / Balkan Rhapsody | Siegfried Matthus / Wolfgang Rihm / Александър Райчев | 1989 | Album |
| Drei Klavierstücke · Klavierstücke 1 Und 7 | Wilhelm Killmayer · Wolfgang Rihm - Siegfried Mauser | 1987 | Album |
| Umsungen / ...Der Die Gesänge Zerschlug... | Wolfgang Rihm, Peter Ruzicka - Ensemble Modern, Ernest Bour, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | 1987 | Album |
| Musikprotokoll ´87 - Steirischer Herbst - Hommage À Emil Breisach | Ernst Krenek / Fabio Nieder / Marek Kopelent / Wolfgang Rihm / Robert Moran / Lorenzo Ferrero / HK Gruber / Gerhard Schedl | 1987 | Album |
| Musikprotokoll '83 - Steirischer Herbst | Wolfgang Rihm / Thomas Pernes / Friedrich Cerha | 1984 | Album |
| Jakob Lenz | Wolfgang Rihm | 1984 | Album |
| Wolfgang Rihm | Wolfgang Rihm / Ensemble 13 : Wolfgang Hock, Joachim Lemme, Martin Ostertag, Bernhard Wambach, Richard Salter / Kolberg Percussion Ensemble / Manfred Reichert | 1982 | Album |
| Ensemble 13 Spielt Wolfgang Rihm | Ensemble 13 Spielt Wolfgang Rihm | 1981 | Album |
| Musikprotokoll 1978 - Steirischer Herbst - Neue Musik Für Tasteninstrumente | Wolfgang Rihm / Giuseppe Sinopoli / Anestis Logothetis / Dieter Kaufmann | 1979 | Album |
| Variationen Über Den Nachhall Eines Schreis / Sub-Kontur | Cristóbal Halffter / Wolfgang Rihm | Album |
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