Udo Zimmermann

Udo Zimmermann (6 October 1943 – 22 October 2021) was a German composer, musicologist, opera director, and conductor.
He worked as a professor in Dresden, and was director of the Leipzig Opera and the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He directed a contemporary music series for the Bayerischer Rundfunk. His best known opera was "Weiße Rose".
Zimmermann died on 22 October 2021 in Dresden, Germany from a long-illness, aged 78.