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Friedrich Schenker was born on 23 December, 1942 in Zeulenroda, German Reich, is a German composer (1942–2013). Discover Friedrich Schenker's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?

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Occupation Trombonist Composer
Age 70 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 23 December, 1942
Birthday 23 December
Birthplace Zeulenroda, German Reich
Date of death 8 February, 2013
Died Place Berlin, Germany
Nationality German Reich

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1942

Friedrich Schenker (23 December 19428 February 2013) was a German avant-garde composer and trombone player.

Born in the German town of Zeulenroda, Schenker learned trombone and piano as a child and made his first compositional attempts at the age of 10.

1961

At the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin he studied trombone from 1961 to 1964 with Helmut Stachowiak and music composition with Eisler's student Günter Kochan.

During his studies he taught himself the technique of dodecaphony and played in a jazz band.

1964

After the instrumental Staatsexamen in 1964 he was employed as principal trombonist in the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig until 1982.

1968

He continued his composition studies in evening classes at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig until in 1968 with Fritz Geißler.

1970

In 1970 he founded the Gruppe Neue Musik Hanns Eisler with the oboisten Burkhard Glaetzner and six other musicians from the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester and the Gewandhaus orchester in Leipzig.

This special ensemble, which also included Schenker's brother, the percussionist Gerd Schenker, became the most important interpreter of contemporary chamber music of the avant-garde of the German Democratic Republic.

Together with Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky he also moved in the field of Free improvisation.

1973

As a master student of Paul Dessau at the Academy of Arts, Berlin from 1973 to 1975, Schenker received important impulses for his artistic motivation and aesthetics.

1982

From 1982, Schenker was a freelance musician and composer.

1986

His membership in the Berlin Academy of Arts from 1986 onwards was followed ten years later by admission to the Sächsische Akademie der Künste as well as the Freie Akademie der Künste zu Leipzig.

1989

Until 1989 he was a member of the board of the Verband der Komponisten und Musikwissenschaftler der DDR.

He was a consultant for new music at the Leipzig Gewandhaus (until 1989) and received lectureships for music composition and improvisation at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig.

2000

From 2000 to 2002, he was theatre composer at the Staatstheater Kassel.

2013

Schenker died in Berlin on 8 February 2013 at the age of 70 after a serious illness.

He is buried at the Dorotheenstadt Cemetery.

Schenker's compositions include: