Wolfgang Zoubek

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Wolfgang Zoubek (born May 11, 1945 in Klattau , Bohemia , † June 11, 2007 in Munich ) was a German composer and organist .

Becoming and working

In 1966, Zoubek graduated from the Regensburger Domspatzen music school . In the same year he began studying school music and the organ with Franz Lehrndorfer and teaching composition with Günter Bialas and Wilhelm Killmayer . From 1976 to 1977 Olivier Messiaen was his teacher during a stay abroad in Paris . In 1990, 1992 and 1994 he stayed in Bali to study , where he dealt with Far Eastern styles and sound systems.

Zoubek had worked in the management of the Studio for New Music in Munich since 1996 , where he lived as an organist and teacher until his death.

Awards

Selection of works

  • Peterchens Mondfahrt (1995)
  • 1st and 2nd ballads for violoncello and piano (2002)
  • Four verses on Salve Regina for organ (2002)
  • Fantasy without fugue about Bach (Le sacre double) for piano (2002)
  • Dvorak Fantasies for symphony orchestra (2004)
  • Clothing jagat - chants in boundless space for piano (2005)

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