Interview with Lothar Voigtländer, 5 December 2009, Berlin, Voigtländer's home

Abstract

Lothar Voigtländer, born in 1943, completed conductor and composer studies at the Hochschule für Musik in Leipzig following preliminary musical training at the Dresdner Kreuzchor. He completed his master studies under Günter Kochan at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin and has established diverse festivals and concert series. In 1984, he was the co-founder of the Gesellschaft für elektro-akustische Musik (Association for Electro-acoustic Music) in the GDR. Since 2001, Voigtländer has worked as a professor for electroacoustic composition at the Hochschule für Musik in Dresden. In 2002/03 he was the manager of the electronic studio there. Voigtländer has completed works in all genres and received numerous awards and distinctions.