1959    born in Krefeld

1976-84    she worked at the Theater am Marienplatz in Krefeld

1978-84    studied at the Cologne Musikhochschule with Mauricio Kagel

1985    she co-founded Thürmchen publishers and

1991    the Thürmchen Ensemble

    She has received composition prizes at the following competitions:         

Young Composers of North Rhine-Westphalia, B. A. Zimmermann Today, Bernd Alois Zimmermann Grant from the City of Cologne, World Music Days (1987), Cologne-New York Exchange (1989), West German Radio Competition (1989), Carl Maria von Weber Competition (Dresden 1992/3), Gedok International Orchestral Competition (1994), Stuttgart Composers' Competition (second prize) and Boswil International Composers' Competition (second prize). She was also chosen for the World Music Days in Copenhagen (1996) and Seoul (1997) and for the Blaue Brücke in Dresden (1996).

1990/91    Schloss Solitude Academy Scholarship in Stuttgart

1992    Schreyahn Artists' Colony Scholarship in Lower Saxony

1995    a grant-in-aid from the North Rhine Westphalian Foundation for Art and Culture

1997    Villa Massimo Scholarship in Rom

1998    Female Artists' Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia

2008 Star of the week  Münchener Abendzeitung

 

The main focus of Carola Bauckholt's music falls on thinking about the phenomenon of perception and understanding.