Historical FigureMale
Udo Zimmermann
1943 – 2021
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryUdo Zimmermann was a German composer, musicologist, opera director, and conductor. He worked as a professor of composition, founded a centre for contemporary music in Dresden, and was director of the Leipzig Opera and the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He directed a contemporary music series for the Bayerischer Rundfunk and a European centre of the arts in Hellerau. His operas, especially Weiße Rose, on a topic he set to music twice, have been performed internationally, and recorded.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
October 6, 1943
Dresden
Date of death
October 22, 2021
Dresden
Citizenship
German Democratic Republic · Germany
Occupations & fields
composerconductoruniversity teacherfilm score composermusicologistdirector
Awards & honours
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyNational Prize of East GermanyOfficer of Arts and LettersOsgar
- Field and occupation
- německý hudební skladatel, muzikolog, operní režisér a dirigent
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