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1953 |
born on May 3rd in Tübingen /
Baden-Württemberg
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| 1972 |
Abitur at Albert-Einstein-Gymnasium Böblingen
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| 1972–77 |
composition studies with Prof. Erhard Karkoschka at Musikhochschule Stuttgart
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| 1974–75 |
studies in electronic music at "Instituut voor Sonologie" in Utrecht/Netherlands with Gottfried Michael Koenig
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| 1977–78 |
studies in music and theatre at
"California Institute of the Arts" Los Angeles/USA
(composition with Morton Subotnick, indian music, courses in theatre acting and directing, conducting, gamelan dance and Tai Ch'i)
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| 1978 |
title "Master of Fine Arts"
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| 1979–83 |
postgradual composition studies with Brian Ferneyhough at Musikhochschule Freiburg/Br.
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| 1972–80 |
scolarship holder of "Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes"
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| 1980 |
composition award by Wilfried-Steinbrenner-Stiftung Berlin
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| 1985 |
composition award by Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart
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| 1985–87 |
director of theatre music at Staatstheater Kassel
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| 1987–2005 |
freelance composer and theatre director
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| 1990 |
co-founder of
"Musikzentrum im Kutscherhaus" in Kassel
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| 1994–2005 |
lectures and projects in contemporary music
at GhK Universität Kassel
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| SS 2000 |
guest lectures in composition at the conservatory in Göteborg (Sweden)
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| SS 2001 |
guest lectures at Folkwang-Hochschule Essen
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| 2001 |
author for the art magazine ARTES (Stockholm)
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| since 2004 |
member of the advisory council of Dr-Wolfgang-Zippel-Stiftung, Kassel
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| 2004 |
culture award of the city of Kassel
(together with Verena Joos)
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| 2005–2008 |
professor for contemporary music and projects at Universität Kassel
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| 2006–2009 |
artistic director of the concert series
"soundcheck im Eulensaal ", Kassel
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| 2007–2019 |
Univ.-Prof. in composition at University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
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| 2011–2013 |
Dean of the institute for composition and electroacoustics at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
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| since 2012 |
Concerts, lectures, master classes and workshops in Sofia (Bulgaria), Shanghai (China), Hsinchu and Taipei (Taiwan), Poznan (Poland), Freiburg (Germany), Gran Canaria und Teneriffa (Spane), Weimar (Germany) and Bratislava (Slowakia)
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Among others, Kargers works are performed by
Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt),
Ensemble Recherche (Freiburg),
Nieuw Ensemble (Amsterdam),
Kasseler Vocalensemble
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Reinhard Karger lives as a composer and director
in Vienna together
with the author and journalist Verena Joos
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state: 2020-01
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