Walter Thomas Heyn

Walter Thomas Heyn (born 14 November 1953) is a German guitarist, composer and music producer. Life Born in Görlitz, Heyn was initially musically self-taught. From the age of fourteen he played guitar and performed in singing clubs. From 1974 to 1980 he studied guitar with and , arrangement with Gerd Schlotter and music composition with Carlernst Ortwein at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig. His composition teacher recommended him for the class of Siegfried Thiele. Heyn was then for composition with Siegfried Matthus at the Academy of Arts, Berlin in (East) Berlin from 1985 to 1987. He was also a research assistant for composition at the Leipzig Academy of Music until 1984. He took part in events of the Deutscher Verlag für Musik and the Leipzig district association of the composers’ association. From 1988 on he worked without a fixed contract and published the handbook Guitar-Harmonics at in Leipzig in 1989. He appeared as and chamber musician and played on cabaret stages. Heyn received in this time among others composition commissions from private stage music. His works Concerto grosso Nr. 1 op. 18 for 5 soloists and orchestra (1984) and Concerto grosso Nr. 2 op. 20 for