With the Berliner Philharmoniker
IN-SCHRIFT with Kirill Petrenko
Das Gehege with Simone Young
Transitus III with Klaus Mäkelä
Chamber music with orchestra members
Four studies for a clarinet quintet
String Quartet No. 4 and much more.
In the Digital Concert Hall
Wolfgang Rihm in the Digital Concert Hall archive
“Music is always profoundly human; there can be no music without people” – said Wolfgang Rihm, who died on 27 July 2024 at the age of 72. He is the most frequently-performed contemporary German composer, not least because of his commitment to subjective, direct expression. Wolfgang Rihm was to accompany the Berliner Philharmoniker through the 2024/25 season as Composer in Residence. The planned chamber music evenings and orchestral concerts will now commemorate a great composer with a selection from his multifaceted oeuvre.
“Music is created in response to music”: Wolfgang Rihm in conversation