Manfred Schubert (composer)
Manfred Schubert (27 April 1937 – 10 June 2011) was a German composer, conductor and music critic. Life Schubert was born the son of a lawyer in Berlin-Charlottenburg. In his youth, he received violin and piano lessons; he passed his Abitur in Berlin-Köpenick. From 1955 to 1960, he studied music education with Fritz Reuter, Georg Knepler and Siegfried Bimberg and Slavic studies at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Von 1960 bis 1963 war er for musical composition with Rudolf Wagner-Régeny at the Academy of Arts, Berlin. From 1962 to 1990, he worked regularly as a music critic for the Berliner Zeitung, after that only sporadically. In 1978, he conducted the Staatskapelle Berlin at a guest concert in Lyon. From 1984 to 1985, he worked as a lecturer in composition and instrumentation at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler". Since 1963, he lived in Berlin as a freelance composer. Schubert died in Berlin at the age of 74. His estate is owned by the Berlin State Library. Work Compositions Source: Orchestral works 1965: Tanzstudien, for small orchestra (15') 1966: Orchestermusik 66 (Paean) (7') 1966: Suite für Orchester (22') 1970: Divertimento für Orchester (14') 1971: Konzert für Klarinette und Orchester (22') 1972: Hommage