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Hans Zender

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Hansu Zendā

Aliases: Johannes Wolfgang Zender

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1936-11-22 （Wiesbaden）
Died
2019-10-22 （Meersburg） age 82
Nationality
Germany
Languages
German
Residence History
Wiesbaden → Meersburg

Career

Occupations
Conductor, Composer, Academic
Active Years
1956-2019
Affiliations
Theater Freiburg, Theater Bonn, Opernhaus Kiel, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, Hamburg State Opera, Musikhochschule Frankfurt
Influenced By
Karlheinz Stockhausen, Olivier Messiaen, John Cage, Wolfgang Fortner
Influenced
Isabel Mundry

Education

Hochschule für Musik Frankfurt
Piano, Conducting, Composition
Period: 1956-1959
Year of Graduation: 1959
Country: Germany
Studied composition with Wolfgang Fortner

Awards

Villa Massimo
1963
Organization: Villa Massimo
Result: 受賞
Villa Massimo
1968
Organization: Villa Massimo
Result: 受賞
Frankfurter Musikpreis
1997
Organization: City of Frankfurt
Result: 受賞
Goethe Prize
1997
Organization: City of Frankfurt
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Stephen Climax

1986 Opera

Opera with libretto based on James Joyce and Hugo Ball.

New MusicLiterary Adaptation

Chief Joseph

2005 Musical Theatre

Musical theatre in three acts on the life of Chief Joseph.

HistoryNative Americans

Hölderlin lesen I

1979 String Quartet

String quartet with sprechstimme on texts by Friedrich Hölderlin.

HölderlinPoetry and Music

Bibliography

  • Canto I–VI
  • 3 Rondels after Mallarmé
  • Modelle
  • Zeitströme
  • Stephen Climax
  • Chief Joseph

Style & Themes

Literary Style
New MusicExperimentalVocal Music
Recurring Motifs
HölderlinLiterary TextsLive Electronics

Legacy

German conductor and composer prominent in new music, known for operas and vocal works.

Archives

  • German National Library