Tilo Medek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Tilo Medek

German composer and musicologist

Date of Birth: 22-Jan-1940

Place of Birth: Jena, Thuringia, Germany

Date of Death: 03-Feb-2006

Profession: composer, music publisher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


Show Famous Birthdays Today, Germany

👉 Worldwide Celebrity Birthdays Today

About Tilo Medek

  • Tilo Medek, originally Müller-Medek (22 January 1940 – 3 February 2006), was a German classical composer, musicologist and music publisher.
  • He grew up in East Germany, but was inspired by the Darmstädter Ferienkurse.
  • He composed radio plays and incidental music.
  • His setting of Lenin's Decree on Peace led to restrictions, and after he showed solidarity with the expatriated Wolf Biermann, he also had to move to the West, where he composed an opera Katharina Blum based on Heinrich Böll's novel, and worked in education.
  • He received international awards from 1967 on.

Read more at Wikipedia