Prof. Sebastian Stier
- Born 1970 in Köthen, Germany
- From 1991 to 1997, composition studies with Prof. Paul-Heinz Dittrich at Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin, from 1998 to 2001, further studies with Prof. Hanspeter Kyburz
- Composition commissions amongst others for Rheinsburg Music Academy, Dresden Centre for Contemporary Music, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Deutschlandfunk, Ensemble Modern, Klangforum Vienna, Stuttgart State Opera and Konzerthaus Berlin
- Performances in Germany and abroad including in Berlin, Dresden, Witten, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Vienna, Graz, Basel, Zurich, Strasburg, Milan, Moscow, Chicago and the ISCM World Music Days in Zagreb 2011
- Publication of complete works in Edition Juliane Klein, Portrait CD in the German Music Council Edition Contemporary Music for the Wergo label 2008 and worldwide broadcast of the composition “Strahlensatz” 2009
- Numerous awards including the Hanns Eisler Prize for Composition 1993, 1995 and 1996, Academy of the Arts Berlin-Brandenburg Advancement Prize 1997, City of Stuttgart Composition Prize 2011, 1st prize in the composition competition at the 7th Weimarer Frühjahrstage for Contemporary Music 2006
- 2002, scholarship from the State Administration for Culture for visit to Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, working visit to Künstlerhaus Lukas in Ahrenshoop in 2011
- From 2006 to 2010, jury member and lecturer at Jugend Komponiert competition at regional and national level
- Since 1996, teacher for music theory at “Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach” Music College Berlin
- 2012, substitute for Prof. Sidney Corbett at Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts
- Since 2004, Lecturer for Compositional Technique and Analysis at Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin
- 2021, appointment as Professor for Music Theory in the core subject compositional technique and ear training at Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin