Volker David Kirchner

Volker David Kirchner (born June 25, 1942 in Mainz) is a German composer, violinist, and violist.

Kirchner studied at the Peter Cornelius Conservatory in Mainz from 1956-69 under Günter Kehr and Günter Raphael. Following this he studied with Bernd Alois Zimmermann at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Cologne from 1959-63, and then under Tibor Varga at the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold from 1964-65). Kirchner played in jazz ensembles in Cologne, and played in several high-level ensembles as a violist, including the Frankfurt RSO from 1966 to 1988. He moved to Mainz and became a freelance composer in 1989.

He has done works for musical theater, the Bavarian State Opera, Staatsoper Hannover, Katholikentag, etc. Among awards he has won the 1994 Rheingau Musikpreis and the 2007 Peter Cornelius Medal.

Cello pieces

*"Und Salomo sprach" (4 min) (and Salomo spoke) for cello solo (1987)
*"Aus dem Buch der Konige" 3 meditations for solo cello (13 min) (2000)
*"Threnos" for solo cello (written for the Feuermann Competition 2006)

References

*Erika Schaller, "Volker David Kirchner". "The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians" online.

External links

* [http://www.schott-musik.de/autoren/KomponistenAZ/show,3524.html Schott-Musik profile (In German)]