Udo Zimmermann
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- Über Tumoren der Phalangen
- Das Verhalten der Membranglykoprotein-Ib/IX und IIb/IIIa-Komplexe auf Thrombozyten
- Ein zeuge der liebe die besiegt den tod
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Udo Zimmermann (born 6 October 1943) is 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. <
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Udo
- Family name
- Zimmermann
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Dresden
- Place of death
- Dresden
- Child
- Claudia Michelsen
- Occupation
- director
- Position held
- chairperson
- Educated at
- Kreuzschule
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Native language
- German
- Genre
- opera
- Image
- Udo Zimmermann.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- name in native language
- Udo Zimmermann
- date of birth
- 1943-10-06
- member of
- Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
- date of death
- 2021-10-22
- Commons category
- Udo Zimmermann
- P12674
- Prilep
- archives at
- Saxon State and University Library, Dresden
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Udo Zimmermann, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
