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Kurt Schwertsik (born 25 June 1935, Vienna) is an Austrian contemporary composer. He is famous for creating the “Third Viennese School” and spreading contemporary classical music. A pupil of Joseph Marx and Karl Schiske at the Academy of Music in Vienna, he later studied with Karlheinz Stockhausen in Cologne and Darmstadt. In 1958 he founded the ensemble "die reihe" with fellow composer and conductor Friedrich Cerha (famous for finishing the opera Lulu <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Kurt+
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kurt
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Languages spoken
- Austrian German
- Genre
- opera
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- Kurt Schwertsik AEC 2025 BHO-3985.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1935-06-25
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