Karlheinz Stockhausen

Sound

Born: 1928-08-22
Died: 2007-12-05
From: Mödrath, Kerpen, Germany
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.1

Biography

Karlheinz Stockhausen was a German composer, acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. He is most known for his groundbreaking work in electronic music, aleatory (controlled chance) in serial composition, and musical spatialization.

Awards & Nominations5 won · 0 nominated

🏆 Won

Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

1995
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Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia

1992
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Ernst von Siemens Music Prize

1986
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Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

1974
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Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres