Wolfgang Rihm, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Wolfgang Rihm

German composer

Date of Birth: 13-Mar-1952

Place of Birth: Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Profession: writer, composer, university teacher, librettist, musicologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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.
His musical work includes more than 500 works.
In 2012 The Guardian wrote: "enormous output and bewildering variety of styles and sounds".