HINKELBEIN, Susanne

After studying piano with Paul Buck at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts, Susanne Hinkelbein studied German language and literature, psychology and philosophy. At the same time, she composed stage music for various choirs and theatres.

From 1980 to 1984 she was musical director at the Landestheater Tübingen, and from 1985 to 1990 musical director at the Schauspiel Köln. Since 1990 she has worked as a freelance composer and author. In addition to many pieces of stage music and other commissioned compositions, she has written operas, numerous choral works, about 200 songs, film scores, radio plays, melodramas, plays and musical installations in public spaces.