Hirsch, Cornelius - 1954

Cornelius Hirsch (1954- ) was born in Munich, Germany. He studied music and since then has performed as an orchestral musician (tympani and percussion) with numerous German orchestras at home and abroad.



From 1980 to 1989 he was a regular member of the Kiel opera orchestra. In Kiel he also studied art history, music history and philosophy, from 1983-1989.



In 1990 he received the Bavarian State-sponsored Prize for Composition. His varied musical compositions (for theater, ballet, orchestra, voice and chamber ensembles), which have been performed by renowned soloists and orchestras mainly in Germany and France, are complemented by his comprehensive activities in the realm of visual arts (purchase and exhibition of artwork in Germany, France, Spain, Hungary, Canada, Korea and Japan); theater literature and experimental text art.

Hirsch lives today in eastern Bavaria and in Munich, where he works as a musician and director of various ensembles and theater groups.