Udo Zimmermann was a German composer, musicologist, opera director, and conductor.
14 Facts About Udo Zimmermann
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Udo Zimmermann 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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Udo Zimmermann directed a contemporary music series for the Bayerischer Rundfunk and a European centre of the arts in Hellerau.
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Udo Zimmermann wrote three motets which were performed by the choir, including a "Vaterunserlied" in 1959.
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Udo Zimmermann continued his music education at the Hochschule fur Musik Carl Maria von Weber, studying composition with Johannes Paul Thilman and voice and conducting.
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Udo Zimmermann appeared as a guest conductor at opera houses in Bonn, Hamburg, Munich and Vienna.
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Udo Zimmermann organised productions of his operas in both East and West Germany, and arranged for leading papers to review them.
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Udo Zimmermann directed the series musica viva of contemporary music, run by the broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk from 1997 to 2011.
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Udo Zimmermann invited notable composers and ensembles to concerts in Munich, many of which were recorded.
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Udo Zimmermann received the broadcaster's Gold Medal for his work over 14 years.
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Udo Zimmermann then directed the Europaisches Zentrum der Kunste in Dresden-Hellerau, with a vision of a laboratory for contemporary art, including theatre, dance, architecture, art and media art.
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Udo Zimmermann died in Dresden two weeks after his 78th birthday.
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Udo Zimmermann had suffered from a long illness prior to his death.
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Udo Zimmermann's publications are held by the German National Library, including:.