Heinz Werner Zimmermann

Heinz Werner Zimmermann
Heinz Werner Zimmermann
Born	11 August 1930; Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden, Germany
Died	25 January 2022 (aged 91); Oberursel, Hesse, Germany
Education	Kirchenmusikalisches Institut Heidelberg; Freiburg Conservatory;
Occupations	Composer; Academic teacher;
Organizations	Kirchenmusikalisches Institut Heidelberg; Spandauer Kirchenmusikschule; Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts;
Awards	Villa Massimo; Honorary doctorate from the Wittenberg University in Springfield;

Heinz Werner Zimmermann (11 August 1930 – 25 January 2022) was a German composer, focused on contemporary sacred music. He was professor of composition at the Spandauer Kirchenmusikschule and the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts, and held several honorary doctorates from the Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, U.S., and from Leipzig University. He is known for church music influenced by jazz, such as motets for choir with plucked bass.

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