Siegfried Thiele

Thiele was born in Chemnitz on 28 March 1934, the son of a craftsman. He created his first compositions at age twelve. He had music lessons with Werner Hübschmann and Gustav William Meyer and took part in the studio choir of the Volksbühne Chemnitz, directed by Paul Kurzbach. He was re-elected in this function for a second term, until 1997. In 2001 he was appointed Honorary Senator of the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig. Thiele died in Leipzig on 24 November 2024, at the age of 90. ==Awards==

• 1966: für Musik • 1979: Kunstpreis der Stadt Leipzig • 1983: Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic • 2002: Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony of the Freistaat Sachsen ==References==