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 Walter Zimmermann ( Germany )  (b. April 15, 1949, Schwabach). German composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, and vocal works that have been performed throughout the world. He studied piano with Ernst Gröschel in Nürnberg in the mid-1960s and composition with Werner Heider in Erlangen from 1968-70. He also studied with Mauricio Kagel in Köln; electronic music with Otto E. Laske at the Institute of Sonology of the University of Utrecht; at the Jaap Kunst Center of Ethnology in Amsterdam; and Computer Music at Colgate University in in Hamilton, New York in 1974. He served as pianist in the ars nova ensemble nürnberg from 1968-70 and recorded folk music in Germany, Egypt (Oasis of Siwa) and the USA in 1976. He opened his Beginner Studios in Cologne in 1977 and gave regular concerts of new music there until 1984. He has contributed articles to numerous publications, has written the books Desert Plants (1976, conversations with 23 American composers) and Insel Musik (1981) and edited the collection Morton Feldman Essays (1985) and (with co-editor Stefan Schädler) Anarchic Harmony (1992), a tribute to John Cage on his 80th birthday. He is Professor for Composition at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin since 1993. [back] |
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