Helmut Oehring

Helmut Oehring (born 1961 ) is a German composer. He was born in East-Berlin, the son of deaf parents. After training as a construction worker, Oehring worked as a cemetery gardener, forest worker, geriatric nurse and stoker. He is self-taught as guitarist and composer. From 1990 to 1992, Oehring studied with Friedrich Goldmann and Georg Katzer at the Academy of Arts, Berlin. He was a fellow of Villa Massimo in 1994/1995. Oering is honorary professor for Théatre musical at the University of the Arts Bern.

Awards

 * Hanns Eisler Prize (1990)
 * Prize at the Young Composers Forum, WDR (1992)
 * Scholarship of Lower Saxony (1993/94)
 * Scholarship of the Villa Massimo (1994/95)
 * Scholarship from the Cité des Arts (1994)
 * Hindemith Prize of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival (1997)
 * Schneider-Schott Music Prize (1998)
 * Arnold Schönberg Prize (2008)
 * German Music Authors' Prize in the music theater category (2015)
 * Brandenburg Art Prize for Music/Composition (2016)

Memberships

 * 2005 Academy of Arts, Berlin
 * 2013 Sächsische Akademie der Künste

Works

 * 350 musical works of all genres