Dieter Acker


Dieter Acker was a German composer.

Career

Dieter Acker studied composition with Sigismund Toduță. In 1969, Acker moved from Transylvania to Germany for political and artistic reasons. He later attended the Munich conservatory where in 1976 he received a professorship in composition. Acker taught a number of students that later became prominent composers, such as Wolfram Buchenberg, Ferran Cruixent, Oriol Cruixent, Marius Ruhlan, Florian Heigenhauser, Peter Wittrich and others. In 2000, the University of Cluj-Napoca awarded him an honorary doctorate. Dieter Acker wrote well over a hundred works, including orchestral compositions, six symphonies, instrumental concertos, and chamber music.

Selected works

;Concertante
;Chamber music