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Udo Zimmermann

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German composer, musicologist, opera director, and conductor (1943-2021)

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Udo 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.

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2008Officer of Arts and Letters
1994Osgar
1993Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
National Prize of East Germany

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Udo 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.

Country
Germany
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1943 to 2021 · aged 78
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16 languages

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