Siegfried Thiele

Siegfried Thiele (German pronunciation: [ˈziːkfʁiːt ˈtiːlə]; 28 March 1934 – 24 November 2024) was a German composer. From 1990 to 1997, he was rector of the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig where he had begun teaching in 1962. He composed an extended work for soloists, choir and orchestra for the opening of the new Leipzig Gewandhaus in 1981, which was conducted by Kurt Masur.