Komponisten

alfred schnittke abstrakter in den letzten lebensjahren war er von schwerer krankheit gezeichnet dennoch gelang es ihm eine 9 sinfonie zu vollenden schnittke s musical education began in vienna in 1946 where his father a jewish journalist and translator of german descent worked for two years at a newspaper he received piano instruction experienced concert and opera performances and made his first attempts at composition living in moscow from 1948 onwards schnittke first completed training as a choral conductor from 1953 to 1958 he studied composition and counterpoint at the moscow conservatory with yevgeni golubev as well as instrumentation with nikolai rakov he received important stimulation from philip hershkovich a webern pupil living in moscow already by the time of his aspirant period 1958-1961 schnittke had accumulated with a rich compositional oeuvre from 1962 to 1972 he taught instrumentation at the moscow conservatory from this time onwards he published numerous music-theore