Composer · 1928 - 2007
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Biography
(b Burg Mödrath, nr Cologne, 22 Aug 1928; d Kürten, 5 dec 2007). German composer. The leading German composer of his generation, he has been a seminal figure of the post-1945 avant garde.
A tireless innovator and influential teacher, he largely redefined notions of serial composition, and was a pioneer in electronic music. His seven-part operatic cycle Licht is possibly the most ambitious project ever undertaken by a major composer.