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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. German composer and pianist Aribert Reimann poses for a picture. Reimann died in Berlin on Wednesday at the age of 88, his music ...

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 ...

Brigham Young University's School of Music and the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages will sponsor the third annual Sophie's Daughters Recital on Thursday, Nov. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen ...

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 ...

German composer and music director Heiner Goebbels poses for photographers at the embassy of Norway in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, March 20, 2012 after he was announced as the winner of the ...

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 ...

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 ...