Jörg Widmann
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Jörg Widmann is a German composer, conductor and clarinetist. In 2023, Widmann was the third most performed living contemporary composer in the world. Formerly a clarinet and composition professor at
Widmann in 2025
Hagen Quartet in Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ with clarinetist Jörg Widmann on 27 January 2018
Babylon (opera)
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Babylon is an opera in seven scenes by Jörg Widmann, with a libretto in German by Peter Sloterdijk. The opera describes life in a multi-religious and multi-cultural metropolis. It was premiered by the
Jörg Widmann
…holds a composition professorship at the Barenboim–Said Akademie Berlin. His most important compositions are the concert overture Con brio, the opera Babylon, an oratorio Arche, Viola Concerto, Friedenskantate and the trumpet concerto Towards Paradise. Widmann has written musical tributes to Classical and…
Widmann, Babylon, opening performance of the Internationale Maifestspiele 2022 at Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, curtain call including the composer