Ralf Hoyer (born 13 April 1950) is a German composer.

Born in Berlin, Hoyer studied sound engineering at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler". Afterwards, he was a sound director at VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin and from 1977 to 1980, Meisterschüler [ de] for composition with Ruth Zechlin and Georg Katzer at the Academy of Arts, Berlin. ^[1] In 1991, he founded the Initiative Neue Musik Berlin [ de]. From 1995 to 1998, he was chairman of the Berlin section of the Deutscher Komponistenverband [ de]. From 2010 to 2013, he was chairman of the Berliner Gesellschaft für Neue Musik [ de]. His works have been performed in Europe and the US. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

• 1990: Sehnsucht [ de]
• 1991: Tanz auf der Kippe [ de]

• 1983: Hans Stieber Prize
• 1985: Hanns Eisler Prize
• 1987: Critic prize of the Berliner Zeitung

• Literature by and about Ralf Hoyer in the German National Library catalogue
• Ralf Hoyer discography at Discogs
• Official website

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