Wolfgang Rihm was born on March 13, 1952 in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany as Wolfgang Michael Rihm. He is a composer and writer, known for Dionysos, Szenen und Dithyramben - Eine Opernphantasie (2011), Das schöne irre Judenmädchen (1984) and John Cage: Journeys in Sound (2012).