The Icelandic Institute for Music Research (IIR), in collaboration with the Hljóðön concert series, welcomes German composer Walter Zimmermann on Friday, April 25. Zimmermann will give a lecture on his own work and methods, with an emphasis on his development of key systems without a tonal center.

Zimmermann taught composition at the Liège Conservatory, Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, and was most recently a professor of composition at the Berlin University of the Arts from 1993. He has also published numerous articles and written the books desert plants (1976, conversations with 23 American composers) and Island Music (1981) as well as editing the book Morton Feldman Essays (1985)

Music Department, Dynjandi, Friday, April 25th at 15:00 PM-16:30 PM.

Everyone welcome!

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CRiM-Lecture: Walter Zimmermann

Center for Research in Music (CRiM) in collaboration with the concert series Hljóðön welcomes composer Walter Zimmermann.
Zimmermann will discuss his own works and methods with emphasis on his compositional system of non-centered tonality.

Walter Zimmermann (b. 1949) taught composition at the Conservatoire royal de musique in Liège from 1980–84 and at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe from 1990–92 and has taught as Professor für Komposition at the Universität der Künste Berlin since 1993. He has contributed articles to numerous publications, has written the books desert plants (1976, conversations with 23 American composers) and Island Music (1981) and edited the collection Morton Feldman Essays (1985)