Rainer Rubbert | Composer

Rainer Rubbert, born in Erlangen (Franconia), studied composition in Berlin with Witold Szalonek at the „Hochschule der Künste Berlin“1975-1981.

Over the course of his artistic career, his compositions have won numerous national and international competitions, and he has been awarded a series of talent prizes and fellowships.

In 1979 he won the „Prix Marcel Josse“ of the „Association des saxophonistes français“.

In 1984 he obtained a scholarship of the „Office franco-allemand pour la jeunesse“.

In 1985 he was a prize-winner in the „Forum junger deutscher Komponisten für Orchestermusik“, where his composition „Bewegungen“ was performed by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 1986/1987 he obtained a scholarship of the German government to live in Paris in the
„Cité Internationale des Arts“.

In 1989 he won the 2nd prize in the „Budapest International Composers Competition“ for his woodwind quintet „...des lignes raides fuient dans la nuit“.

1992 he won the „Kunstpreis Berlin - Förderpreis Musik“ of the Akademie der Künste.

In autumn 2002 he obtained the „Villa Serpentara Scholarship” to live and compose in Italy for three months.

In June 2007 his cantata “Aus der Fremde” won the “Carl-von-Ossietzky-Preis” in the international composing competition sponsored by uniChor, Oldenburg.

Rainer Rubberts works are regularly performed at prestigious German and international festivals for contemporary music:
At the „International Gaudeamus Musik Week“ Holland 1980, the „International Forum of Contemporary Music Warsaw“ 1985, the „Budapest Spring Festival“ 1989, „Rainbow Music Festival Katovice“ 1989, „Schreyahner Herbst“ 1990,

„International Rostrum of Composers“ Paris 1991, „INVENTIONEN“ Berlin 1992, „Internationales Festival der Mozart-Städte“ Salzburg 1992 „Schönberg-Festival Duisburg“ 1993, „Silesian Art Festival“ 1995, „Audio Art Festival“ Krakau 1995, „Festival des Musiques d‘aujourd‘hui“ Marseilles 1995, „Tage der Neuen Musik“ Würzburg 1997, „antasten“, Heilbronn 1999, EXPO 2000, Festival INFront, Aachen 2003, Kryptonale Berlin 2003, Tirana Autumn 2003.
His compositions have been also featured in Brazil, China, Columbia, Corea, Japan and the United States.

Portrait concerts showcasing his work have been organized in Paris (1987), Nuremberg (2003) and Rome (2004; also featuring Nicola Sani).

In 1989 he founded in Berlin the weekly concert-series for contemporary music „Unerhörte Musik“. He and the composer Martin Daske have been the artistic directors of the series ever since.

Rainer Rubbert is currently composing the music for “Kleist”, a major opera in five acts with a libretto by the novelist Tanja Langer. This work will have its premiere on 22nd March 2008, at Brandenburg on the Havel, under the direction of Bernd Mottl.