Udo Zimmermann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Udo Zimmermann

German composer

Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1943

Place of Birth: Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Profession: composer, conductor, film score composer, university teacher, musicologist

Nationality: Germany, Argentina

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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.