Wolfgang Rihm, one of the most influential German composers of the post-World War II generation, died on Friday at the age of 72, his wife said. Born in the western German city of Karlsruhe, Rihm was ...

You can name a bunch of Austrian and German composers, right? At the least, you’ve probably heard of Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Pachelbel, Schumann, and Telemann. Now, quick—name ...

Aribert Reimann, whose powerful operas based on works by William Shakespeare, Franz Kafka, Federico Garcia Lorca and others made him one of the most significant opera composers of the late 20th and ...

For the last few weeks I’ve been meaning to check out the music of the young and provocative German composer Johannes Kreidler, who makes a rare U.S. appearance tonight at the Cultural Center’s ...

Violist Tabea Zimmermann, in her role as artistic partner of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, delivers an intriguing look at Austrian and German composers for this weekend’s performances. From Franz ...

It’ll seem like a reunion of German composers from the Romantic era when the Elgin Symphony Orchestra takes stage for its “Brahms Symphony No. 2? Concert at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 8 and 3 p.m. Jan. 9, 2022, ...

(AP) German composer Hans Werner Henze, whose prolific and wide-ranging work included a wealth of operas and 10 symphonies, died Saturday, his publisher said. He was 86. Henze died in the eastern ...

SALZBURG, Austria (Reuters) - With his soft sparkling eyes and modest build, 35-year-old German composer and clarinetist Jorg Widmann hardly looks like a man who wants to put a trumpet player through ...

When Paul Hindemith wrote a parody of Tristan into an early opera, the offense to Wagner stirred up a resentment in his native Germany that lingered on for years. In the ’30s, when his music had ...

His works, which were radically individual, were among the most celebrated of the late 20th and early 21st century. By A.J. Goldmann A.J. Goldmann is an American journalist who writes about European ...