Hans Zender
German conductor and composer (1936–2019)
Johannes Wolfgang Zender (22 November 1936 – 22 October 2019) was a German conductor and composer. He was the chief conductor of several opera houses.
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| Born | Johannes Wolfgang Zender 22 November 1936 |
| Died | 22 October 2019 (aged 82) Meersburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
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As a conductor, he worked at the Theater Freiburg, Theater Bonn, Opernhaus Kiel and Hamburg State Opera, and led the radio orchestra Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern.
He taught at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt. His opera Stephen Climax premiered in 1986 at the Oper Frankfurt, and his third opera, Chief Joseph, premiered in 2005 at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden.
Zender died on 22 October 2019 in Meersburg, Germany at the age of 82.[1]
References
change- ↑ Nyffeler, Max (23 October 2019). "Komponist der neuen Musik". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Frankfurt. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
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