Arnulf Herrmann

In 1999/2000 he attended a post-graduate course in composition and new technologies at IRCAM in Paris. His awards include the Hanns Eisler Composition Prize (2001), the Stuttgart Composition Prize (2003), and the International Rostrum of Composers (for Terzenseele, 2006). In 2008 he was awarded the Förderpreis Musik (of the Kunstpreis Berlin) and a scholarship to the Villa Massimo in Rome. In 2010 he received the Ernst von Siemens Composer Prize. His first opera, Wasser, with words by Nico Bleutge, received its world premiere at the 2012 Munich Biennale in a co-production with Oper Frankfurt. An excerpt from it was performed at the 2011 Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, with soprano Claron McFadden and tenor Sebastian Hübner, and the Ensemble Modern, led by Johannes Kalitzke. His second opera, Der Mieter, premiered in 2017 at the Oper Frankfurt, directed by Johannes Erath and conducted by Kazushi Ono. The opera is based on Roland Topor's novel Le locataire chimérique which was made into the film The Tenant by Roman Polanski. Herrmann teaches composition, analysis, and orchestration at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler, Berlin.

Arnulf Herrmann studied at Conservatoire de Paris, Berlin University of the Arts and Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber. The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera. Employment is recorded with Hanns Eisler Music School Berlin. Distinctions recorded are Ernst von Siemens Music Prize and Rome Prize of the German Academy Villa Massimo.

• Name — Arnulf Herrmann • Born — 12 December 1968 • Birthplace — Heidelberg • Education — * Richard Strauss Conservatory • Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber • Conservatoire de Paris • Universität der Künste Berlin • IRCAM • Occupation — * Composer • Academic teacher • Organizations — * Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler • Awards — Berliner Kunstpreis

Arnulf Herrmann is recorded as having received Ernst von Siemens Music Prize and Rome Prize of the German Academy Villa Massimo.