Helmut Bieler-Wendt
◦ born 1956 in Karlsruhe
◦ lives in Regensburg
◦ Studied at the Karlsruhe University of Music (violin, piano, music theory, improvisation, composition) with Hans Börner, Günter Reinhold, Eugen Werner Velte and Wolfgang Rihm
◦ Studies with Johannes Fritsch (new music and improvisation), Michael Ranta (improvisation and Asian music) and Peter Ausländer (experimental music theatre, dance)
1988 Final artistic examination with Prof. Wolfgang Rihm
◦ Since 1976 he has worked as a musician with a strong emphasis on improvisation and conceptual composition in very different groups
◦ As a composer, he has a particular preference for interdisciplinary concepts, music theatre and stage music
◦ Continuous teaching work in the fields of music, improvisation and music theatre since 1979 (Jugendhof Vlotho, Karlsruhe University of Music and other institutions)
◦ Workshops for children and young people at various schools and educational institutions throughout Germany.
◦ Board member of the Institute for New Music and Music Education in Darmstadt until 2016
◦ 2005 – 2010 music education consultant for the ZukunftsMusiker initiative, also a member of the board of trustees since 2006
2010-2022 Education officer at the LWL education centre Jugendhof Vlotho
◦ Since 2022, private individual with occasional artistic excursions ?
◦ His compositions, performed in Germany, Austria, Croatia, Italy, Spain, France, Holland, Japan, Korea and South America, have been produced for the most part by radio (SDR, SWR, HR, SR, WDR) and released on LP, CD and DVD. Concert tours through Germany, to Eastern and Western Europe, South America, Canada, Japan and Korea.