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Place of Birth: Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
About Volker David Kirchner
- Volker David Kirchner (born 25 June 1942) is a German composer and violist.
- After studies of violin and composition at the Peter Cornelius Conservatory, the Hochschule für Musik Köln and the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, he worked for decades as a violist in the hr-Sinfonieorchester in Frankfurt, and for two years as a composer of incidental music at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden.
- He is known for his operas which have been commissioned by major German opera houses, but has also composed symphonies, concertos, chamber music and keyboard music.
- His operas often focus on historic personalities such as Savonarola and Gutenberg.
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