Conrad Schnitzler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Conrad Schnitzler

German experimantal musician

Date of Birth: 17-Mar-1937

Place of Birth: Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 04-Aug-2011

Profession: composer, experimental musician

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Conrad ("Conny") Schnitzler (17 March 1937 – 4 August 2011) was a prolific German experimental musician.
A co-founder of West Berlin's Zodiak Free Arts Lab, he was an early member of Tangerine Dream (1969–1970) and a founder of the band Kluster.
He left Kluster in 1971, first working with his group Eruption and then focusing on solo works.
Schnitzler participated in several collaborations with other electronic musicians.Schnitzler was born in Düsseldorf.
His father was German, his mother was Italian.
He had a wife and they had three children, one of whom is son Gregor Schnitzler, who was born in 1964 in Berlin and who is a film director.
Schnitzler died from stomach cancer on 4 August 2011 in Berlin.For many years Schnitzler appeared in the comics of Matt Howarth (particularly Savage Henry) as a member of the band The Bulldaggers.
His 2006 work Moon Mummy is a collaboration with Matt Howarth based on an included PDF comic.