Composer
Biography:
george katzer, born in 1935 in Habelschwerdt (Silesia), studied composition with Rudolf Wagner-Régeny and Ruth Zechlin in Berlin (East) and at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague with Karel Janeček. He was then a master student of Hanns Eisler at the GDR Academy of Arts, of which he was elected a member in 1978. He was later appointed professor of composition in conjunction with a master class. Here he founded the Studio for Electroacoustic Music in 1982, of which he was artistic director until 2005.
Georg Katzer was a member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin-Brandenburg and the Academy for Electroacoustic Music in Bourges (France). In 1980 he received a visiting professorship at Michigan State University. In 1992 he was a guest of honor at the Villa Massimo in Rome. In addition to his compositional work (chamber music, orchestral works, solo concerts, three operas, two ballets, puppet shows), Katzer also worked on electroacoustic music, multimedia projects and improvisation. He received composition prizes and awards in the GDR, Switzerland, France, the USA and the Federal Republic of Germany, among others. the Federal Cross of Merit. On European tours he worked, among other things, with Johannes Bauer, Wolfgang Fuchs, Paul Lytten, Phil Minton, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowski and Phil Wachsman.
Georg Katzer lived in Zeuthen near Berlin until his death. He died at the age of 84 on May 7, 2019 in Berlin.
Albums:
Donaueschingen Music Days 2012
