COMPOSER

Udo Zimmermann

1943 - 2021

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Udo Zimmermann (6 October 1943 – 22 October 2021) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Udo Zimmermann is the 1,359th most popular composer (down from 1,321st in 2019), the 5,585th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,327th in 2019) and the 175th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Udo Zimmermann ranks 1,359 out of 1,451. Before him are Vladimír Godár, George Bruns, Monty Norman, Abel Korzeniowski, George Fenton, and Jerry Herman. After him are Javier Navarrete, Kaoru Wada, Roy Harris, Eubie Blake, Christian Wolff, and George Perle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Udo Zimmermann ranks 658. Before him are Reita Faria, Richard Eyre, Pete Quaife, Tamás Kovács, Bob Kerrey, and Guillermo Yávar. After him are James L. Jones, Lothar Kobluhn, Pedro González, Phyllis Somerville, Gianni Ambrosio, and Edwin Hawkins. Among people deceased in 2021, Udo Zimmermann ranks 609. Before him are Keith Greene, Roberto Hernández, Félix Salinas, Lloyd Price, Anatoly Chukanov, and Paddy Moloney. After him are Aleksandr Lenyov, Paul Orndorff, Francesc Arnau, Vladimir Shadrin, Leslie Bricusse, and Paulias Matane.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Udo Zimmermann ranks 5,588 out of 7,253. Before him are Sabine Braun (1965), Lars Eidinger (1976), Albrecht Behmel (1971), Manfred Klein (1947), Campino (1962), and Katrin Göring-Eckardt (1966). After him are Beatrix von Storch (1971), Hannelore Kraft (1961), Tatjana Maria (1987), Karl-Heinz Bußert (1955), Harry Edward (1898), and Stefan Junge (1950).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Udo Zimmermann ranks 175. Before him are Hauschka (1966), Robert Franz (1815), Melchior Vulpius (1570), Ludwig Abeille (1761), Klaus Badelt (1967), and Kurt Thomas (1904). After him are Samuel Adler (1928), Alexander Goehr (1932), Ludger Stühlmeyer (1961), Gus Kahn (1886), and Masashi Hamauzu (1971).

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