Burkhard Meier (2 July 1943 – 17 January 2001) was a German music educator and composer.
Born in Finow [de],[1] Meier studied choir conducting at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin and music education and German at the University of Greifswald.[1] He received further lessons from Johann Cilenšek [de], Günter Kochan and Ruth Zechlin.[1] From 1976 to 1979 he studied composition with Wolfgang Hohensee at the "Hanns Eisler" Music Academy.[1] From 1967 he taught music theory and school music in Greifswald and was appointed professor in 1989.[1] In 1990 he became director of the Institute for Musicology and Music Education at the University of Greifswald.[2][3] From 1997 he was professor for practical school piano playing, Tonsatz [de] and musical composition at the Rostock University of Music and Theatre.
He was a co-founder of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern regional association of the Deutscher Komponistenverband [de] and its chairman from 1996 to 2000.
Meier died in Greifswald at the age of 67.[2]
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