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Born in Munich in 1947, Peter Michael Hamel studied composition with Günter Bialas, among others, and musicology with Thrasybulos Georgiades and Carl Dahlhaus in West Berlin. In 1988 his first symphony “Die Lichtung” was premiered under the direction of Sergiu Celibidache. His oeuvre now includes four music theater works as well as numerous compositions for orchestra, choral and chamber music, which have been premiered at the “musica viva” series in Munich, the Salzburg Festival, the Berliner Festwochen and the Donaueschinger Musiktage, among others. Recordings of his works have appeared on WERGO and Celestial Harmonies, among others. Hamel has been a member of the Berlin Academy of the Arts since 2018. After holding a C4 professorship at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, he was music director of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in Munich until 2021. Personal details

Kurt Suttner studied school music and singing at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Munich. His work as music teacher at various schools in Munich was followed by his appointment as music teacher at the German School in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and as music adviser to the Ministry of Culture in Antananarivo (Madagascar). After teaching choral conducting at the Musikhochschule in Munich he became professor of music education at Augsburg University. For ten years he directed the Bayerische Singakademie, which is an institution fostering vocal talents. In 1997 he was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz, first class, by the then Federal German President Roman Herzog. Kurt Suttner frequently acts as a juror at national and international choral competitions, and he directs instructional courses for choirs and choral conductors. He is the editor of the “carus novus” series published by Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart. Personal details

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