Udo Zimmermann

Udo Zimmermann (6 October 1943 – 22 October 2021) was a German composer, musicologist, opera director, and conductor.

Udo Zimmermann
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Zimmermann in 2006
Born6 October 1943
Dresden, Germany
Died22 October 2021(2021-10-22) (aged 78)
Dresden, Germany
Education
Occupation
  • Composer
  • Musicologist
  • Conductor
  • Opera director
Organization

He worked as a professor in Dresden, and was director of the Leipzig Opera and the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He directed a contemporary music series for the Bayerischer Rundfunk. His best known opera was Weiße Rose.

Zimmermann died on 22 October 2021 in Dresden, Germany from a long-illness, aged 78.[1]

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