Richard Wagner of the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, who thought the work "divinely composed", and that of the French newspaper "Le Figaro", which called the music "the dream of a lunatic". Amongst the disillusioned were Wagner's friend and disciple Friedrich Nietzsche, who, having published his eulogistic essay "Richard Wagner in Bayreuth" before the festival as part of his "Untimely Meditations", was bitterly disappointed by what he saw as Wagner's pandering to increasingly exclusivist German nationalism; his breach with Wagner began at this time. The festival firmly established Wagner as an artist of European, and indeed world, importance: attendees included Kaiser Wilhelm I,
Jobst Wagner Hof. In 1999, Wagner received an award for his activities with GegenwART of the ‘Handels- und Industrieverein’ Bern. He is also an honorary citizen of La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin, France. In 2018 Bavarian State Minister for Economic Affairs, Energy and Technology Franz Josef Pschierer awarded REHAU group president Jobst Wagner the State Medal for special services to the Bavarian economy. Jobst Wagner Jobst Wagner (born February 20, 1959) is a Swiss entrepreneur. After attending schools in Canada, Germany and Switzerland, Jobst Wagner graduated in law (lic.jur.) from the University of Bern. Starting in 1986, he worked in different positions at Rehau Group,